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Against our better judgment : the hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel / Alison Weir.

By: Weir, Alison (Journalist) [author.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Charleston, N.C.] : [CreateSpace], [2014] Description: vii, 240 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 9781495910920; 149591092XSubject(s): Zionists -- Political activity -- United States | Lobbying -- United States | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel | Israel -- Foreign relations -- United StatesLOC classification: E184.36.P64 | W457 2014Summary: "Soon after WWII, US statesman Dean Acheson warned that creating Israel on land already inhabited by Palestinians would "imperil" both American and all Western interests in the region. Despite warnings such as this one, President Truman supported establishing a Jewish state on land primarily inhabited by Muslims and Christians. Few Americans today are aware that US support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that US politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts. As this work demonstrates, these politicians were bombarded by a massive pro-Israel lobbying effort that ranged from well-funded and very public Zionist organizations to an "elitist secret society" whose members included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Soon after WWII, US statesman Dean Acheson warned that creating Israel on land already inhabited by Palestinians would "imperil" both American and all Western interests in the region. Despite warnings such as this one, President Truman supported establishing a Jewish state on land primarily inhabited by Muslims and Christians. Few Americans today are aware that US support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that US politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts. As this work demonstrates, these politicians were bombarded by a massive pro-Israel lobbying effort that ranged from well-funded and very public Zionist organizations to an "elitist secret society" whose members included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis."--Back cover.

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