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A Safe Haven Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel

✍ Scribed by Radosh, Ronald

Book ID
108067213
Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
2 MB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780061940675

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

On May 14, 1948, under the stewardship of President Harry S. Truman, the United States became the first nation to recognize the State of Israelβ€”just moments after sovereignty had been declared in Jerusalem. But it was hardly a foregone conclusion that America would welcome the creation of this new country. While acknowledging this as one of his proudest moments, Truman also admitted that no issue was "more controversial or more complex than the problem of Israel." As the president told his closest advisers, these attempts to resolve the issue of a Jewish homeland had left him in a condition of "political battle fatigue."

Based on never-before-used archival material, A Safe Haven is the most complete account to date of the events that led to this historic occasion. Allis and Ronald Radosh explore the national and global pressures bearing on Truman and the peopleβ€”including the worldwide Jewish community, key White House advisers, the State Department, the British, the...

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