Genesis : Truman, American Jews, and the origins of the Arab/Israeli conflict / John B. Judis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Judis, John B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972 > Relations with Jews. Arab-Israeli conflict > Causes. Arab-Israeli conflict > Moral and ethical aspects. Zionism > United States > History > 20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) United States > Foreign relations > Israel. Israel > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.

Table of Contents:

Two peoples and one land. The origins of Zionism : Herzl, Ahad, Ha'am, and Gordon ; The origins of Palestinian nationalism ; Chaim Weizmann and the Balfour Declaration ; Herbert Samuel and the British Mandate ; The failure of the "double undertaking" ; The irrepressible conflict
The paradox of American Zionism. The origins of American Zionism ; Zionism and American liberalism : Brandeis and his circle ; Abba Hillel Silver and the Zionist lobby
Truman and Israel. Harry Truman and the $64 question ; The search for an Anglo-American consensus ; Nahum Goldmann and the road to partition ; Passing the buck ; Unmatched ineptness ; Triumph and catastrophe
Obama and the Truman precedent.

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