We are not one a history of America's fight over Israel
In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins. Following Israel's 1948-1949 War of Independence (called the "nakba" or "catastrophe" by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the...
| Main Author: | Alterman, Eric (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Basic Books,
2022.
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| Summary: |
In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins. Following Israel's 1948-1949 War of Independence (called the "nakba" or "catastrophe" by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the challenges it faced. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, however, almost overnight support for Israel became the primary component of American Jews' collective identity. Over time, Jewish organizations joined forces with conservative Christians and neoconservative pundits and politicos to wage a tenacious fight to define Israel's image in the US media, popular culture, Congress, and college campuses. Deeply researched, We Are Not One reveals how our consensus on Israel and Palestine emerged and why, today, it is fracturing. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes index. |
| Physical Description: |
vii, 502 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-488) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780465096312 046509631X |
| Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |