AGAINST OUR BETTER JUDGMENT

Against Our Better Judgment, by Alison Weir

AGAINST OUR BETTER JUDGMENT The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used To Create Israel Alison Weir CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, February 2014				Rating: 5.0 High
ISBN-13 978-1-495-91092-0
ISBN 1-495-91092-X	240pp.	SC	$10.00

	Acknowledgments	i
	Preface	iii

Chapter One:	How the U.S. "Special Relationship" with Israel Came About	1
Chapter Two	The Beginnings	3
Chapter Three	Louis Brandeis, Zionism, and the "Parushim"	8
Chapter Four	World War I and the Balfour Declaration	15
Chapter Five	Paris Peace Conference 1919: Zionists Defeat Calls for Self-Determination	23
Chapter Six	Forging an "Ingathering" of All Jews	27
Chapter Seven	The Modern Israel Lobby Is Born	34
Chapter Eight	Zionist Colonization Efforts in Palestine	43
Chapter Nine	Truman Accedes to Pro-Israel Lobby	49
Chapter Ten	Pro-Israel Pressure on General Assembly Members	54
Chapter Eleven	Massacres and the Conquest of Palestine	58
Chapter Twelve	U.S. Front Groups for Zionist Militarism	62
Chapter Thirteen	Infiltrating Displaced Persons' Camps in Europe to Funnel People to Palestine	74
Chapter Fourteen	Palestinian Refugees	82
Chapter Fifteen	Zionist Influence in the Media	85
Chapter Sixteen	Dorothy Thompson, Played by Katherine Hepburn and Lauren Bacall	91

	Endnotes	94
	Works Cited	203
	Further Reading	227
	Index	230

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