America and the Founding of Israel An Investigation of the Morality of America's Role

CONTENTS

Introduction

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND OWNERSHIP

Chapters:
1. The Bible: A "Deed of Ownership" to Canaan?
1900 B.C.-722 B.C.
2. The Moral Hereditary Right to Return.
721 B.C.-A.D. 1800
3. The Right to Immigrate; the Start of Political Zionism.
1800-1914
4. Wilson - 1; the Balfour Declaration.
1914-17
5. Wilson - 2; the British Mandate over Palestine.
1918-21
6. Harding, Coolidge; U.S. Support of the Mandate.
1921-33
7. Roosevelt; Americans' Balking over Added Refugees.
1933-45
8. Truman - 1; Settling Postwar Jewish Refugees.
1945-46
9. Truman - 2; Palestine's Partition, Israel's Statehood.
1947-48
10. Truman - 3; the First Israeli-Arab War; Its Refugees.
1948-53
11. Moral Issues in America's Role in the Conflict.

Appendix 1 Palestine's Jewish Population, A.D. 638-1800
Appendix 2 Documents of International Agreements
Appendix 3 Moral Principles Re Ownership and Reparation
Glossary of Terms and People
Bibliography
Index