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Record Nr.

UNINA9910904100903321

Autore

Kaplan Amy

Titolo

Our American Israel : The Story of an Entangled Alliance / / Amy Kaplan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-674-98992-9

0-674-98991-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 pages)

Disciplina

327.7305694

Soggetti

National characteristics, American

Israel Foreign public opinion, American

United States Foreign relations Israel

Israel Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Lands Of Refuge -- 2. Founding Israel In America -- 3. Invincible Victim -- 4. "Not The Israel We Have Seen In The Past" -- 5. The Future Holocaust -- 6. Apocalypse Soon -- 7. Homeland Insecurities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How did a Jewish state come to resonate profoundly with Americans in the twentieth century? Since WWII, Israel's identity has been entangled with America's belief in its own exceptionalism. Turning a critical eye on the two nations' turbulent history together, Amy Kaplan unearths the roots of controversies that may well divide them in the future.