A calculated risk : the U.S. decision to recognize Israel / Evan M. Wilson ; foreword by William B. Quandt.

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 Department influence Preside...

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