Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and how They Changed America, 1789-1989Thorndike Press, 2007 - 804 pages From the author Newsweek called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos. |
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Page 361
... Jews , al- though he may need them when the time of election arrives . " By the fall of 1945 , with many Jews dying in their European camps , Truman infuriated Jewish leaders by saying he would let an Anglo - American committee study ...
... Jews , al- though he may need them when the time of election arrives . " By the fall of 1945 , with many Jews dying in their European camps , Truman infuriated Jewish leaders by saying he would let an Anglo - American committee study ...
Page 364
... Jews anyway . . . . They are not interested in the United States . They are interested in Palestine and the Jews . . . . The Jews aren't going to write the history of the United States or my history ! " Tactlessly McDonald noted that ...
... Jews anyway . . . . They are not interested in the United States . They are interested in Palestine and the Jews . . . . The Jews aren't going to write the history of the United States or my history ! " Tactlessly McDonald noted that ...
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... Jews had proclaimed their state . The man who had once scored Jewish " un- derdogs " for being " intolerant " and " cruel " now told Weizmann that he and Israel were clearly both underdogs : " We had both been abandoned by the so ...
... Jews had proclaimed their state . The man who had once scored Jewish " un- derdogs " for being " intolerant " and " cruel " now told Weizmann that he and Israel were clearly both underdogs : " We had both been abandoned by the so ...
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