Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the origins of the Arab/Israeli conflict

Truman's qualms

pt. I. Two peoples and one land. The origins of Zionism: Herzl, Ahad Ha'am, and Gordon

The origins of Palestinian nationalism

Chaim Weizmann and the Balfour declaration

Herbert Samuel and the British mandate

The failure of the "double undertaking"

The irrepressible conflict

pt II. The paradox of American Zionism. The origins of American Zionism

Zionism and American liberalism: Brandeis and his circle

Abba Hillel Silver and the Zionist lobby

pt III. Truman and Israel. Harry Truman and the $64 question

The search for an Anglo-American consensus

Nahum Goldmann and the road to partition

Passing the buck

Unmatched ineptness

Triumph and catastrophe

Obama and the Truman precedent.