A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel

Authors: Radosh, Ronald & Radosh, Allis
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
BISAC/Subject: HIS037070, HIS026000, POL059000, HIS019000
ISBN: 9780061940675, Related ISBNs: 0061940674, 9780060594640, 9780061940675
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 464,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

“[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.

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