The Star and the Stripes: A History of the Foreign Policies of American Jews

An incisive account of the foreign policy beliefs of American Jews from the nineteenth century to the present

How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal—a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic—a light unto nations, working to repair the world? The Star and the Stripes is an original, provocative interpretation of the effects of these worldviews on the foreign policy beliefs of American Jews since the nineteenth century. Michael...