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An Uneasy Relationship: American Jewish Leadership and Israel, 1948-1957

An Uneasy Relationship: American Jewish Leadership and Israel, 1948-1957

Ganin, Zvi

Hardcover

Series: Modern Jewish History

General World HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0815630514
ISBN13: 9780815630517
Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
Published: Feb 1 2005
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.48 Depth: 9.34
Language: English

Set in the first decade of modern Israel's existence, this volume offers an insightful look at the changing relationship of American Jews and the reborn Jewish nation/state. It is the first in-depth analysis of the subject during this key period.

As the Cold War rages, leaders in all camps are shown attempting to shape and control the tangled circumstances that engulf themespecially American Jewish Committee president Jacob Blaustein, Israeli founding father David Ben-Gurion, and American presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Tapping into private correspondence, diaries, oral history interviews, scholarly literature and other archival materials, Zvi Ganin provides a richly detailed look at motivations, passions, and attitudes of Jewish and Israeli leaders on numerous issuesnone more affecting than in the stormy debate over dual loyalty.

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