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Article: President at the creation.(A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel)(Book review)
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- National Review
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- August 24, 2009
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A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel, by Allis and Ronald Radosh
(Harper Collins, 428 pp., $27.99)
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IN most world capitals, the creation of Israel--which used to be seen through a heroic lens, as in the film Exodus--is now viewed as a matter of regret. The current U.S. administration, too, is rather cool toward Israel. So this is a good time to be reminded of how and why Israel was founded in the first place, and how one American's role in that founding rose to the heroic. Allis and Ronald Radosh have given us an invaluable and compelling account of Pres. Harry Truman's fight against enormous and ...