02663nam 22006975 450 991090410090332120231101184239.00-674-98992-90-674-98991-010.4159/9780674989917(CKB)4100000005879077(MiAaPQ)EBC5492938(DE-B1597)518530(OCoLC)1048608936(DE-B1597)9780674989917(EXLCZ)99410000000587907720190219d2018 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOur American Israel The Story of an Entangled Alliance /Amy KaplanCambridge, MA :Harvard University Press,[2018]©20181 online resource (365 pages)Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexHow 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.National characteristics, AmericanIsraelForeign public opinion, AmericanUnited StatesForeign relationsIsraelIsraelForeign relationsUnited StatesADL.AIPAC.Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.Anti-Semitism.Arafat.Carter.Elie Wiesel.Exodus.Holocaust Memorial.Holocaust.I. F. Stone.Intifada.Lebanon.Menachem Begin.Nazism.Richard Crossman.Zionism.al-Qaeda.National characteristics, American.327.7305694Kaplan Amy608807DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910904100903321Our American Israel1569511UNINA