"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…
In the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, the Truman White House led the effort to establish the state of Israel. But, was it inevitable that the U.S. would endorse the concept of a Jewish state? Was U.S. policy entirely pro-Jewish? To what extent did the State Departm…
Amerikansk diplomat i statsdepartementet, som var beskæftiget med Palæstinaproblemerne i den pågældende periode, og som her giver en detaljeret redegørelse for den politiske proces, der førte til USA's anerkendelse af Israel. Biltmore-programmet for staten Israel; USA's politik…