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Truman, Palestine, and the press : shaping conventional wisdom at the beginning of the Cold War

Title
Truman, Palestine, and the press : shaping conventional wisdom at the beginning of the Cold War / Bruce J. Evensen.
Author
Evensen, Bruce J.
Publication
New York : Greenwood Press, 1992.

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Description
243 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Contributions in American history, 0742-6828 ; no. 144
Uniform Title
Contributions in American history ; no. 144.
Subject
  • 1945-1953
  • Public opinion > United States
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Public opinion
  • Public opinion, American
  • Buitenlandse betrekkingen
  • Publieke opinie
  • Koude Oorlog
  • Mass media > Political aspects > United States
  • Palestine > History > Partition, 1947
  • United States > Foreign relations > Palestine
  • Palestine > Foreign relations > United States
  • United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953
  • Israel > Foreign public opinion, American
  • Israel
  • Middle East > Palestine
  • United States
  • Israel > History > 1947-1949
  • United States > Foreign relations > Public opinion. > Israel
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-228) and index.
Contents
Preface: Reporter as Spectator and Participant in the Construction of Conventional Wisdom -- Introduction: Riding the Tiger -- 1. Palestine and the Coming of the Cold War, January 1947-March 1947 -- 2. The Debate to Create a Committee of Inquiry: Zionists Divide and Fail to Conquer, April 1947-June 1947 -- 3. Reporting the Second Exodus: Zionist Propaganda, British Bungling and a High Seas Melodrama, July 1947-September 1947 -- 4. The Decision to Partition, September 1947-November 1947 -- 5. War Scare Month and the Reversal on Partition, December 1947-March 1948 -- 6. Reversing the Reversal: The Limits of Presidential Leadership and the Creation of Israel, March 1948-May 1948 -- Conclusion: The Press, the President and Public Opinion: The Palestine Case.
ISBN
  • 0313277737
  • 9780313277733
LCCN
91030604
OCLC
  • ocm24467270
  • 24467270
  • SCSB-14497315
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library