A Safe Haven Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel |
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| Author:
| Radosh, Ronald
Radosh, Allis |
| ISBN: | 978-0-06-059464-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint: | Harper Perennial |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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“[This] revelatory account of Truman's vital contributions to Israel's founding. . .is told. . . with an elegance informed by thorough research." —Wall Street Journal
"Even knowing how the story ends, A Safe Haven had me sitting on the edge of my seat.” —Cokie Roberts
A dramatic, detailed account of the events leading up to the creation of a Jewish homeland and the true story behind President Harry S. Truman’s controversial...
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“[This] revelatory account of Truman's vital contributions to Israel's founding. . .is told. . . with an elegance informed by thorough research."
—Wall Street Journal
"Even knowing how the story ends, A Safe Haven had me sitting on the edge of my seat.”
—Cokie Roberts
A dramatic, detailed account of the events leading up to the creation of a Jewish homeland and the true story behind President Harry S. Truman’s controversial decision to recognize of the State of Israel in 1948, drawn from Truman’s long-lost diary entries and other previously unused archival materials.