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The Truman Administration, Israel, And Containment In The Middle East 1945-1952, Leslie Tarbutton
The Truman Administration, Israel, And Containment In The Middle East 1945-1952, Leslie Tarbutton
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This thesis examines United States policy towards Israel from 1948 to 1952 to determine the extent to which the support given to Israel during the Truman administration reflected the major United States policy goal in the Middle East, the containment of the Soviet Union.
Sources used in this thesis include: archival material; printed collections of documents; memoirs; and secondary sources.
The Truman administration pursued containment in the Middle East by cooperating with Great Britain to improve the economic and military well-being of the Arab states so they could resist any Soviet attempts to dominate the region. However, domestic political pressure …