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

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

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Description
  1. 243 pages; 25 cm.
Series statement
  1. Contributions in American history, 0742-6828 ; no. 144
Uniform title
  1. Contributions in American history ; no. 144.
Subject
  1. 1945-1953
  2. Public opinion > United States
  3. Diplomatic relations
  4. Public opinion
  5. Public opinion, American
  6. Buitenlandse betrekkingen
  7. Publieke opinie
  8. Koude Oorlog
  9. Mass media > Political aspects > United States
  10. Palestine > History > Partition, 1947
  11. United States > Foreign relations > Palestine
  12. Palestine > Foreign relations > United States
  13. United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953
  14. Israel > Foreign public opinion, American
  15. Israel
  16. Middle East > Palestine
  17. United States
  18. Israel > History > 1947-1949
  19. United States > Foreign relations > Public opinion. > Israel
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-228) and index.