A calculated risk

"The United States' decision to recognize Israel was a calculated risk that pitted the goodwill and oil of the Arab states against the political clout of the American Zionist movement and a desire to redress the calamities visited upon European Jewry during World War II. Present and involved in these events was career diplomat Evan M. Wilson. This book is Wilson's chronicle of decisions of unimaginable consequence made in both the Middle East and Washington. A Calculated Risk details each milestone that led to the creation of Israel."--Jacket.