A safe haven: Harry S. Truman and the founding of Israel

FDR's legacy : Palestine, the Jews, and the Arabs

Truman inherits a problem

From San Francisco to Potsdam

The plight of the Jewish DPs : the Harrison Report

The search for consensus : the Anglo-American Committee

Impasse : the report that kicks up a storm

Conflict between allies : the Morrison-Grady Plan

Truman's October surprise

UNSCOP : prelude to partition

The fight over partition : "A line of fire and blood"

A "big conspiracy" brews in Washington : the State Department fights partition

A new country is born : Truman recognizes Israel.