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The Creation of Israel was an Extraordinary Event, but Also a Normal One
By Michael MandelbaumLikewise, it was the work of leaders and heroes—but also of millions of people who sacrificed all to achieve it.

Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor Emeritus of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., and the author, most recently, of Mission Failure: America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era (Oxford).