As well as jeopardising its own interests in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, American policy towards the Palestine question in the 1940s carried considerable risk of conflict with its allies, in particular with Britain. This book, based on British and American archival sources, examines the extent to which Harry Truman was a victim of a political system which allowed minority racial and religious groups to dictate not only United States foreign policy, but what policy an ally should follow in defiance of its own ...
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As well as jeopardising its own interests in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, American policy towards the Palestine question in the 1940s carried considerable risk of conflict with its allies, in particular with Britain. This book, based on British and American archival sources, examines the extent to which Harry Truman was a victim of a political system which allowed minority racial and religious groups to dictate not only United States foreign policy, but what policy an ally should follow in defiance of its own interests. Against the background of the emergence of the Cold War and the birth of the state of Israel, it shows the attempt made by Ernest Bevin to keep the explosive Palestine situation separate from the deepening needs of the Anglo-American special relationship, at the same time laying foundations for Western security. Dr Ovendale argues that in the end it was the Palestinian Arabs, not the Anglo-American special relationship, that were sacrificed, and discusses the first Arab-Israeli war in the context of great power diplomacy and American domestic policies. His controversial conclusions are supported by the use of new and important source material.
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Book. Octavo; VG-/G; light beige spine with blue text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows modest handling wear; minor edge wear; price clipped front flap; previous bookshop's small price sticker to front flap; cloth exterior shows only slight wear; lightly bumped head spine edge; good, solid binding; text block exterior edges show light wear; interior clean; pp 332. 1366048. FP New Rockville Stock.
