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Contents
| Acknowledgments | ix | |
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1. | Palestinians in the Nineteenth-Century Mind | 16 |
| 2. | Woodrow Wilson: "Rising Above" Self-Determination | 26 |
| 3. | Franklin Roosevelt: Locked In | 45 |
| 4. | Harry Truman: History Belongs to the Victors | 61 |
| 5. | Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson: Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law | 95 |
| 6. | Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford: An Unrecognizable Episode | 124 |
| 7. | Jimmy Carter: Making a Difference | 157 |
| 8. | Ronald Reagan: Missed Opportunities | 195 |
| 9. | George Bush: No Illusions | 242 |
| 10. | The Pictures in Our Heads | 274 |
| 11. | Afterword: Clinton's Legacy | 294 |
| Notes | 313 | |
| Selected Bibliography | 359 | |
| Index | 371 |