Anti-Zionism in a Key United States Diplomat: Loy Henderson at the End of World War II 1

In the period between the end of World War II and the establishment of the State of Israel, partisans on both sides of the Jewish State controversy used words as weapons; lasting injuries were inflicted on reputations, some of them richly deserved. At a remove of over a quarter-century, it is now possible to reexamine that damage and either confirm or correct the judgments.