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Militant Zionism in America: The Rise and Impact of the Jabotinsky Movement in the United States, 1926-1948
Rafael Medoff
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This book recounts the fascinating and little-known story of the militant American Zionists who lobbied Congress, rallied American public opinion, and influenced British-American relations in their campaign for Jewish statehood in the 1930s and 1940s. Although these activists have been dismissed as fanatics who fragmented the American Zionist movement, Rafael Medoff reveals that the faction--which included an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and several future members of the Israeli parliament--was more influential than has been previously acknowledged. These militants stirred America's conscience by placing controversial newspaper ads, lobbying conservative as well as liberal members of Congress, and staging dramatic protest rallies. Through these tactics, Medoff shows, they attracted a wave of support from an extraordinary cross-section of leading Americans, including comedians Harpo Marx and Carl Reiner, actors Vincent Price, Marlon Brando, and Jane Wyatt, musician Leonard Bernstein, and rising young politicians Jacob Javits and Hubert Humphrey. Medoff also describes the shadowy underground division that smuggled weapons to the Holy Land in caskets, naming and interviewing for the first time members of this gunrunning network. Based on years of archival research and interviews and written in a compelling style, Militant Zionism in America documents events that reshaped the American Jewish community, influenced American foreign policy, and contributed to one of the most extraordinary events of modern history: the creation of the State of Israel.
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Cover Page
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Series Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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1. Planting the Seeds of Militant Zionism in America
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2. Revisionist Zionism Takes Root in America
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3. Militant Zionism as a Response to Arab Terror and Nazism
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4. Jabotinsky’s Return to America
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5. “Words Are the Most Effective Means of Political Warfare”
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6. Wooing the Republicans
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7. A Powerful New Alliance
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8. A Flag Is Born
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9. The Guerrilla Rabbi
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10. Explaining the Jewish Revolt to America
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11. Guns for Zion
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12. Afterword: Bringing the Jewish Tragedy to the Fore
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Notes
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Selected Bibliography
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Index
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About the Author
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Published: 2002
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
- 9780817313487 (ebook)