New records, new perspectives : lectures on the Holocaust, the birth of Israel and the contemporary Middle East : published in honor of Emmanuel Sella / edited by Shlomo Aronson.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Shlomo Aronson -- Emmanuel Sella : In Memoriam -- -- Part One : World War II : Allied and German Intelligence -- New Perspectives on World War II / Gerhard L. Weinberg -- Intelligence Performance in World War II : The Axis and the Allies / Wesley K. Wark -- -- Part Two : The Holocaust : Related Intelligence -- German Order Police in the First Phase of the Holocaust : New Evidence from the British Intelligence / Richard Breitman -- The Twice Sealed Trap : Hitler, the Allies and the Jews / Shlomo Aronson -- American Intelligence and the Holocaust : An Ambiguous Record / Barry M. Katz -- The SD and Palestine : New Evidence from Captured German Documents in Moscow / Michael Wildt -- Beyond Intentionalism and Functionalism : Nazi Policy and the "Final Solution" / Peter Longerich -- Ben-Gurion and the Holocaust / Tuvia Friling -- Are There Any New Conclusions in Holocaust Research? / Yehuda Bauer -- -- Part Three : Archives -- United States National Archives Sources on Palestine, World War II, and the Holocaust, 1930-1947 / Robert Wolfe -- The Archival Acquisitions Program of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum : Principles, Definitions, and the Records / Brewster Chamberlain -- -- Part Four : The Nuremberg Trials -- Punishing War Criminals : The Anglo-American Debate / Arieh J. Kochavi -- Principles of Nuremberg as a Blueprint for a New World / George Ginsburgs -- The USSR and the Nuremberg Trial / Natalia Lebedeva -- The Holocaust at Nuremberg / Michael R. Marrus -- -- Part Five : The Birth of Israel -- The British and Zionists in Palestine - A Historical Perspective / Evyatar Friesel -- The Causal Connection between the Holocaust and the Birth of Israel : Myth and Reality / Dan Michman -- Mainstream Policy and Dissident Politicians in Postwar Zionist Politics / Yehoshua Freundlich -- Anti-Semitism and the Jewish Response on the European Continent in the Immediate Postwar Era / David Weinberg -- Defending the Middle East : Britain, Egypt, and Palestine, 1945-1948 / John Kent -- The United States and the Middle East / Peter Hahn -- General John Glubb and the Partition of Palestine / Benny Morris -- Soviet Recognition of Israel - in Light of New Soviet Archival Sources / Yaacov Ro'i -- The Israel-Egyptian War, 1948 : Political and Military Moves -- -- Part Six : Jewish Property -- The Swiss, Other Neutrals, and the British : The Fate of Robbed Jewish Assets / Itamar Levin -- Israel, Germany and Reparations / Angelika Timm -- Interpreting the Historical Significance of Israel's Independence / Yosef Gorny