The Politics of Christian Zionism 1891-1948
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For this book Prof. Merkeley has researched presidential archives, Jewish historical libraries, and official Zionist records in the US and in Israel for evidence of the dealings between official Zionists and active Christian Restorationists. Much of this record appears here for the first time in print and is linked to the much better known history of the relationship between the official Zionists and the politicians and leaders of the US and Britain. This earlier and significant friendship between the Christian supporters and the Zionist officials is recorded from the beginnings of the public attention in 1891 through to the influence it had on the politicians' actions that would lead to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Enlightening research for students of American politics, American foreign policy, and American religion - fields that sometimes intersect in ways not readily conceded by academic scholars.
AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPt. 1'Here I am': The Herzl/Hechler Paradigm1Theodor Herzl and William Hechler32William Hechler's Vision113Hechler, Herzl and the Kaiser26Pt. 2The Cyrus Connection4The Restorationist Tradition in Britain375Germany Declines the Mantle of Cyrus, and Britain Takes It Up446The Restorationist Tradition in the United States547William Blackstone and the Blackstone Memorial598Louis Brandeis and Woodrow Wilson759'A Son of the Manse'84Pt. 3Rallying the Christian Zionists10Working on Public Opinion9711Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Jews and the Zionists11712American Zionist Emergency Council and the Christian Zionists128Pt. 4'I am Cyrus'13The Issue of Palestine in the Wartime Years14914Harry Truman and the Zionists15515A Significant Friendship180Notes193Bibliography205Index215
