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Author Mead, Walter Russell, author.

Title The arc of a covenant : the United States, Israel, and the fate of the Jewish people / Walter Russell Mead.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
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 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  327.7305 MEAD    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  327.7305 MEA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  327.73056 MEAD    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  327.7305 MEA    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  327.73056 MEA    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  327.73 MEAD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Large Print Materials  327.7305 MEAD    DUE 05-13-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  327.7305 MEAD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 654 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 25 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-617) and index.
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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Arab-Israeli conflict.
Zionism -- United States.
Religion and politics -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Israel -- Strategic aspects.
United States -- Politics and government.
Arab-Israeli conflict. (OCoLC)fst00812220
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Religion and politics. (OCoLC)fst01093842
Strategic aspects of individual places. (OCoLC)fst01355062
Zionism. (OCoLC)fst01184468
Israel. (OCoLC)fst01204236
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Israel-Arab conflicts.
Religion and politics.
United States -- Foreign relations.
Israel -- Foreign relations.
Israel.
United States -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Informational works.
Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
Informational works.
Other Form: Online version: Mead, Walter Russell. Arc of a covenant First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022 9781101946985 (DLC) 2021037998
ISBN 9780375414046 (hardcover)
0375414045 (hardcover)
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