Israel's Moment

Jeffrey Herf is a Distinguished University Professor of Modern European history at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left, 1967-1989 (2016). He is a member of the American Historical Association and the German Studies Association.

• List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; A Note on Style; 1. Introduction; 2. Zionist Momentum and the War Crimes Issue in the United States, 1944-1945; 3. American Liberals and Leftists Support Zionist Aspirations, 1945-1947; 4. Haj Amin al-Husseini and the French Government: May 1945-May 1946; 5. The 'Question of Palestine' at the United Nations General Assembly's First Special Session: April-May 1947; 6. The Truman Doctrine, the Cold War and Jewish Refugees, Spring 1947; 7. The French Government, Jewish Immigration to Palestine, and the Exodus Affair; 8. Zionist Momentum and the U.S. and British Governments' Counteroffensive: September to December 1947; 9. The U.S. State Department Policy Planning Staff Memos Oppose the UN Partition Resolution: January-February 1948; 10. The U.S. and UN Arms Embargo: November 1947-May 1948; 11. Responses in Washington, the United Nations, and in Europe to the Establishment of the State of Israel: May and June 1948; 12. International Responses to the Arab-Israeli War I: May-June 1948; 13. International Responses to the Arab Israeli War II: July-August, 1948; 14. The U.S. and Britain Again in Opposition: The Bernadotte Plan to the End of the 1948 War; 15. Israel's Admission to the UN, and Sharret's (Shertok's) and Ben Gurion's Retrospectives; 16. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'… the author of several esteemed works of modern German history, presents a vivid portrait of this dramatic period and a trenchant analysis of the forces at work. Along the way, he reminds us of how contentious the debate was-within the UN itself and within the most powerful governments of the time.' Joshua Rubenstein, Wall Street Journal