A calculated risk: the U.S. decision to recognize Israel
"The United States' decision to recognize Israel was a calculated risk that pitted the goodwill and oil of the Arab states against the political clout of the American Zionist movement and a desire to redress the calamities visited upon European Jewry during World War II. Present and involved in these events was career diplomat Evan M. Wilson. This book is Wilson's chronicle of decisions of unimaginable consequence made in both the Middle East and Washington. A Calculated Risk details each miles…
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- Full title :A calculated risk : the U.S. decision to recognize Israel / Evan M. Wilson ; foreword by William B. Quandt.
Summary
"The United States' decision to recognize Israel was a calculated risk that pitted the goodwill and oil of the Arab states against the political clout of the American Zionist movement and a desire to redress the calamities visited upon European Jewry during World War II. Present and involved in these events was career diplomat Evan M. Wilson. This book is Wilson's chronicle of decisions of unimaginable consequence made in both the Middle East and Washington. A Calculated Risk details each milestone that led to the creation of Israel."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Clerisy Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
- Place of Publication:Cincinnati, OH
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008.
Notes
"Originally published for limited distribution by the Hoover Institution Press in 1979, entitled Decision on Palestine"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:383 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781578603077, 1578603072
- oclc:ocn166367793
- LC Classification:E183.8.I7
- Dewey Decimal:327.7305694
Table of Contents
The setting and the cast of characters -- The Biltmore program calls for a Jewish state -- The United States finds a policy -- Palestine becomes a political issue -- Roosevelt's last months -- President Truman and the 100,000 Jews -- The abortive attempt at Anglo-American cooperation -- Bridging the gap: London conference breaks down -- Palestine before the United Nations -- The State of Israel is born.
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