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Author:

Radosh, Allis.

Title:

A safe haven : Harry S. Truman and the founding of Israel / Allis Radosh and Ronald Radosh.

Edition:

1st Harper Perennial ed.

Publisher:

Harper Perennial

Copyright Date:

2010, 2009

Description:

xiii, 428 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Truman, Harry S.,--1884-1972.
Israel--History--1948-1967.
United States--Foreign relations--Israel.
Israel--Foreign relations.
Zionism.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
Palestine--History--Partition, 1947.

Other Authors:

Radosh, Ronald.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-407) and index.

Contents:

FDR's legacy : Palestine, the Jews, and the Arabs -- Truman inherits a problem -- From San Francisco to Potsdam -- The plight of the Jewish DPs : the Harrison Report -- The search for consensus : the Anglo-American Committee -- Impasse : the report that kicks up a storm -- Conflict between allies : the Morrison-Grady Plan -- Truman's October surprise -- UNSCOP : prelude to partition -- The fight over partition : "A line of fire and blood" -- A "big conspiracy" brews in Washington : the State Department fights partition -- A new country is born : Truman recognizes Israel.

ISBN:

0060594640 (pbk.)
9780060594640 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)456179669

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)