History and Polemic: An Exchange
In “Context and Content” (Winter 2023), Allan Arkush reviewed Eric Alterman’s recent book, We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel. Alterman has written to JRB in response to Arkush’s review, and Arkush has subsequently responded as well:
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