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Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel »
Authors: Michael T. Benson, Stan A. Taylor
ISBN-13: 9780275958077, ISBN-10: 0275958078
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: July 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Michael T. Benson
MICHAEL T. BENSON is President of Snow College.
Book Synopsis
A study of Truman's decision to support the founding of Israel.
Booknews
Challenges the almost universal belief that US president Truman recognized the nascent state of Israel in 1948 over objections of his advisors in order to capture votes and political support from American Jews in the upcoming election. Argues instead that he had humanitarian, moral, and sentimental motivations, many of them grounded in his religious upbringing and familiarity with the Bible. Finds parallels between the US and British actions and goals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Bible and Sword Redux: Balfour, Wilson, Roosevelt, and the Question of Palestine | 13 |
| 2 | The Man from Missouri | 29 |
| 3 | Truman and the Formulation of Foreign Policy | 41 |
| 4 | Truman's Early Views on Zionism and the Development of His Presidential Policy on Palestine | 53 |
| 5 | The Issue of Immigration | 63 |
| 6 | State Department Opposition | 77 |
| 7 | The American Jewish Lobby and Its Impact on the President | 91 |
| 8 | Enter the United Nations | 101 |
| 9 | A President from Independence, a Chemist from Pinsk, and a Haberdasher from Kansas City | 117 |
| 10 | March 1948 and the American Reversal of Its Palestine Policy | 133 |
| 11 | Showdown in the Oval Office: 12 May 1948 | 151 |
| 12 | Truman Recognizes Israel | 163 |
| 13 | The Election of 1948: Truman and the Jewish Vote | 175 |
| 14 | The Aftermath of American Recognition | 187 |
| Conclusion | 195 | |
| Selected Bibliography | 197 | |
| Index | 211 |
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