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Truman, Palestine, and the Press

Bruce Evensen
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      In this absorbing book, Bruce J. Evensen analyzes the role of the mass media, public opinion, and the Zionists in the evolution of America's Palestine policy during the Truman administration. Taking issue with recent revisionist historians who argue that Truman had little difficulty manipulating public opinion, Evensen claims that the press and an aroused public opinion successfully frustrated the President's course on Palestine and elicited his support of the United Nations' partition of Jewish and Arab states and Truman's early recognition of Israel.Evensen emphasizes the development of a conventional wisdom that placed the Middle East at the center of U.S. strategic planning and saw limiting Soviet penetration as a primary goal. Within this context, he shows a divided Truman administration, which was uncertain how to act on the Jewish state. Reluctantly, the administration initially supported the UN's vote to partition the region; then, as Palestine erupted into violence, it attempted to abandon this decision. Interpreting the President's action as a gutless appeasement of the Arabs and an indication of his fear of the Soviets, the media, reflecting the public's Cold War fears, confronted the administration's policy in the Middle East and frustrated the President's effort to abandon the partition scheme. The media's role in reflecting and shaping competing visions of reality, which became the conventional wisdom of policy making, is a key part of this study.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Bruce Evensen EAN: 9780313277733 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 1992-02-20 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      Middle East, United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Communication studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Middle Eastern history, History of the Americas

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      BRUCE J. EVENSEN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at DePaul University. He has covered the Middle East as a reporter and is the author of several articles that have appeared in scholarly journals.
      In this absorbing book, Bruce J. Evensen analyzes the role of the mass media, public opinion, and the Zionists in the evolution of America's Palestine policy during the Truman administration. Taking issue with recent revisionist historians who argue that Truman had little difficulty manipulating public opinion, Evensen claims that the press and an aroused public opinion successfully frustrated the President's course on Palestine and elicited his support of the United Nations' partition of Jewish and Arab states and Truman's early recognition of Israel.Evensen emphasizes the development of a conventional wisdom that placed the Middle East at the center of U.S. strategic planning and saw limiting Soviet penetration as a primary goal. Within this context, he shows a divided Truman administration, which was uncertain how to act on the Jewish state. Reluctantly, the administration initially supported the UN's vote to partition the region; then, as Palestine erupted into violence, it attempted to abandon this decision. Interpreting the President's action as a gutless appeasement of the Arabs and an indication of his fear of the Soviets, the media, reflecting the public's Cold War fears, confronted the administration's policy in the Middle East and frustrated the President's effort to abandon the partition scheme. The media's role in reflecting and shaping competing visions of reality, which became the conventional wisdom of policy making, is a key part of this study.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Bruce Evensen EAN: 9780313277733 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 1992-02-20 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      Middle East, United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Communication studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Middle Eastern history, History of the Americas

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      BRUCE J. EVENSEN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at DePaul University. He has covered the Middle East as a reporter and is the author of several articles that have appeared in scholarly journals.

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