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Politics And Pragmatism: The United States And Israel Between Two Presidents, Christopher J. Parker
Politics And Pragmatism: The United States And Israel Between Two Presidents, Christopher J. Parker
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines the United States’ relationship with Israel and the wider Middle East between the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. The United States’ relationship with Israel has reverberated across the Middle East and studying its impact is critical for understanding past and present issues in the region. It begins with an examination of the factors that impelled President Truman to act against the advice of his Department of State and recognize Israel only minutes after it declared statehood in May 1948; arguing that, above all else, domestic political considerations lay at the heart of his decision. It then assesses the …
Full Circle: The New Deal And The Great Recession, Donald Lewis Roberts
Full Circle: The New Deal And The Great Recession, Donald Lewis Roberts
Honors College Theses
In this paper I will show how the mindset of liberalism has evolved since the Great Depression. It merged with progressive movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries to become a politically left ideology that intertwined with power hungry politicians who perverted liberalism and used sudden economic and social phenomena to engineer a new type of American government. One that has constantly expanded, reaching and entrenching itself further and further into the lives of Americans, starting with President Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s work would be expanded in the name of progress and equality by several of his …