Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel

by Michael T. Benson

Harry S. Truman sensed something profound and meaningful in the Jewish restoration to Palestine, something which transcended other considerations. As the president recorded in his Memoirs, the Palestine question was a basic human problem. In the end, Truman was willing to go against the current of his most trusted foreign policy advisers, who were absolutely opposed to the establishment of a Jewish state in the Middle East. These advisers argued...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275958078
• ISBN13: 9780275958077
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"