Book

The arc of a covenant : the United States, Israel, and the fate of the Jewish people

Call Number

  • 327.7305694 M4799 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Physical Description

654 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 25 cm

Summary

"A groundbreaking work that overturns the conventional understanding of the Israeli-American relationship and, in doing so, explores how fundamental debates about American identity drive our country's foreign policy"--

Notes

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

Contents

  • The mystery of Zion
  • The quest for planet Vulcan
  • A knock at the door
  • George Washington and the Jews
  • The "End of History" and the American mind
  • Maelstrom
  • Great decisions
  • Blackstone and lodge
  • American Cyrus
  • Cyrus and Britain
  • Cyrus and Stalin
  • Cyrus agonistes
  • The cold peace
  • Alignment
  • The great miscalculation
  • The great MacGuffin and the quest for the Holy Grail
  • Right nation
  • Apocalypse now : Israel policy under George W. Bush
  • Israel and the exceptional American left
  • Cool hands, hot world
  • American crisis and the fate of the Jewish people.

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