We Are Not One

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A History of America’s Fight Over Israel

By Eric Alterman

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We Are Not One by Eric Alterman delves into the complex and evolving relationship between the United States and Israel. Drawing on extensive research, it explores political alliances, cultural exchanges, and the impact of each nation's domestic affairs on their foreign policies. The book provides a nuanced narrative of this multifaceted relationship, examining historical events and contemporary debates.
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We Are Not One

A bestselling historian uncovers the surprising roots of America's long alliance with Israel and its troubling consequences

Description

Fights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture. But despite these arguments' significance to American politics, American Jewish life, and to Israel itself, no one has ever systematically examined their history and explained why they matter.

In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins. Following Israel's 1948-1949 War of Independence (called the "nakba" or "catastrophe" by Palestinians), few Americans, including few Jews, paid much attention to Israel or the challenges it faced.

Following the 1967 Six-Day War, however, almost overnight support for Israel became the primary component of American Jews' collective identity. Over time, Jewish organisations joined forces with conservative Christians and neoconservative pundits and politicos to wage a tenacious fight to define Israel's image in the US media, popular culture, Congress, and college campuses.

Deeply researched, We Are Not One reveals how our consensus on Israel and Palestine emerged and why, today, it is fracturing.

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We Are Not One by Eric Alterman has been lauded for its impressively researched and detailed analysis of Israel's history and its complex ties with the United States. This book is praised as a fearless and thorough account of controversial debates over Zionism, anti-Zionism, and the role of memory, offering a sweeping narrative of the multifaceted US-Israel relationship. Alterman's work is seen as both an illuminating and essential read for those interested in understanding the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, drawing on historical context to explore the increasing divisions in American politics concerning Israel.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780465096312

Publisher: Basic Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Basic Books

Illustration: TBD

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 42.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 740g

Pages: 512

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American & Canadian History Eric Alterman History & Military Middle Eastern History Non-Fiction

About the Author

Eric Alterman is a CUNY distinguished professor of English at Brooklyn College and holds a PhD in US history from Stanford University. A contributing writer to the Nation and the American Prospect, he is the author of eleven previous titles, including the New York Times bestseller What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News. He lives in New York.