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Making David into Goliath : How the World Turned Against Israel
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muravchik, Joshua.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Influence.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Public opinion.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Israel--Politics and government--Foreign public opinion, American.
- Israel--Politics and government--Foreign public opinion.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- Israel.
- Local Subjects:
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Influence.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Public opinion.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Israel--Politics and government--Foreign public opinion, American.
- Israel--Politics and government--Foreign public opinion.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (502 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the Six Day War of 1967, polls showed that Americans favored the Israelis over the Arabs by overwhelming margins. In Europe, support for Israel ran even higher. In the United Nations Security Council, a British resolution essentially gave Israel the terms of peace it sought and when the Arabs and their Soviet supporters tried to override the resolution in the General Assembly, they fell short of the necessary votes.Fast forward 40 years and Israel has become perhaps the most reviled country in the world. Although Americans have remained constant in their sympathy for the Je
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; one: When Israel Was Admired (Almost) All Around; two: The Arab Cause Becomes Palestinian (and "Progressive"); three: The Uses of Terrorism; four: The Power of Oil; five: The Arabs Take Over the United Nations; six: Europe's Socialists Go Third World; seven: Edward Said Conquers Academia for Palestine; eight: Israel Shows a Less Endearing Face; nine: Israel Spawns Its Own Adversary Culture; ten: On the Wrong Side of the Left's New Paradigm; eleven: Israel in the Dock; conclusion: Israel Imperiled; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-59403-740-X
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