Lexington Books
Pages: 216
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Trim: 5¾ x 9
978-0-7391-0204-6 • Paperback • January 2001 • $51.99 • (£40.00)
Rafael Medoff is Visiting Scholar in Jewish Studies at Purchase College, the State University of New York. His previous books include the Historical Dictionary of Zionism (with Chaim I. Waxman, 2000), Zionism and the Arabs: An American Jewish Dilemma (1997), and The Deafening Silence: American Jewish Leaders and the Holocaust, 1933-1945 (1987).
Chapter 1 A Park Avenue View of Palestine
Chapter 2 Problems in Palestine, Solutions in New York
Chapter 3 Enter Edward Norman
Chapter 4 Americans Negotiate a Palestine Solution
Chapter 5 The Negotiations Begin
Chapter 6 Partners in Secret Diplomacy
Chapter 7 From Washington to London
Chapter 8 Jewish Money, Iraqi Promises
Chapter 9 Epilogue
Rafael Medoff's books and essays are always meticulously researched, and in this work he performs a much needed task.
— Marc Raphael, editor-in-chief, American Jewish History
Rafael Medoff has discovered an extraordinary and previously unknown chapter in Middle East diplomacy. His book is an exceptionally lucid and fascinating account.
— Mordechai Nisan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; gem
Rafael Medoff, one of Zionism's most meticulous and imaginative historians, has written a dazzling narrative, at once scholarly and dramatic.
— Judaism
An extraordinary thriller that helps put present day problems in perspective.
— Lifestyle Magazine
History buffs will enjoy this book but it should also appeal to all who are interested in the Middle East.
— Jewish Press
Rafael Medoff's meticulous scholarship has, once again, brought to light previously unknown episodes in Zionist and American Jewish history. This convincing, well-documented historical work—that reads like a mystery novel—will be welcomed by scholars and general readers alike.
— Jeffrey S. Gurock, Yeshiva University
Medoff has unveiled an important new dimension to both American Jewish history and Middle East diplomatic history, one which will fascinate readers and change our current understanding of the characters involved in the history he describes.
— American Jewish History