Moynihan's moment [electronic resource] : America's fight against Zionism as racism / Gil Troy.
On November 10, 1975, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution declaring Zionism a form of racism. The move shocked millions, especially in the United States-- the country largely responsible for founding the UN. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the American Ambassador to the UN, denounced this attack on...
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Moynihan's Moment: America's Fight Against Zionism As Racism |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- From 1945 to 1975: From "we the peoples of the United Nations" to "the United States in opposition"
- Insider and outsider, warrior and diplomat
- Creating a "fashionable enemy": Turning Zionism into racism
- Moynihan on the move, October 1975
- Oom, shmoom: "Where are your bloody Jews?"
- The speech
- Backlash
- Backlash against Moynihan
- The politics of patriotic indignation
- "Words matter"
- Conclusion: "what we're fighting for".