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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452399403321

Autore

Troy Gil

Titolo

Moynihan's moment : America's fight against Zionism as racism / / Gil Troy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-19-992031-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 357 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ) : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

320.54095694

Soggetti

Antisemitism - History - 20th century

World politics - 1975-1985

Zionism - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From 1945 to 1975: From "we the peoples of the United Nations" to "the  United States in opposition" -- Insider and outsider, warrior and diplomat -- Creating a "fashionable enemy": Turning Zionism into racism -- Moynihan on the move, October 1975 -- Oom, shmoom: "Where are your bloody Jews?"  -- The speech  -- Backlash -- Backlash against Moynihan -- The politics of patriotic indignation -- "Words matter" -- Conclusion: "what we're fighting for".

Sommario/riassunto

A critical look at American Ambassador to the UN Daniel Patrick Moynihan's valiant stand against its 1975 declaration of Zionism as a form of racism shows just how much - and how little - Moynihan's moment accomplished, and how relevant it remains today.