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The seeds of U.S. policies in the Middle East were sown in the late Roosevelt presidency and germinated during the Truman administration. This book deals with U.S. reactions to the ArabZionist conflict in those crucial years leading to the 1948 creation of Israel. It also examines popular attitudes and official policies toward Jewish refugees, Jewish and Arab nationalism, and the quest for Arab oil. <p>The American public generally admired the ideals of Jewish settlement in the Holy Land. Americans considered the Jewish pioneers as missionaries of progress who were repeating U.S. history by displacing "backward" natives and improving the land. Of course, religious fundamentalists in the United States saw the Jewish return to the Promised Land as a fulfillment of prophecy.</p> <p>In the realm of official policy, President Roosevelt, even after meeting with King Ibn Saud at Great Bitter Lake, never appreciated the depth of convictions surrounding the Palestine controversy and was hopelessly inconsistent on the subject. Truman, beleaguered by domestic and foreign crises, had no clear conception of what policies he wanted, was unable to make hard decisions about Palestine, and often co

Author

Kenneth Ray Bain

Publisher

Texas A & M University Press

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780890960769

Subjects

Political Science, History, Language Learning