Joseph Heller

The United States, the Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-67

Superpower Rivalry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Joseph Heller is the doyen of historians of Zionist diplomacy. This book represents the crowning achievement of a lifetime devoted to study of the subject. It is the best-informed, most up-to-date, most thoroughly researched and most cogently argued analysis of Israel's relations with the superpowers between 1948 and 1967. Drawing on newly available Soviet, American and Israeli archival sources, it sheds light on the Cold War framework within which Israeli foreign policy was perforce conducted.' Bernard Wasserstein, University of Chicago 'Joseph Heller's latest work has delved deeply into Israeli archives to uncover hitherto unpublished diplomatic correspondence which illuminates the evolution of Israeli policy during the maelstrom of superpower rivalry in the Middle East. Professor Heller describes the tortuous balancing acts that were performed between national interests and ideological necessity.' Colin Shindler, SOAS, University of London 'Using Russian and Hebrew as well as European sources, Joseph Heller argues persuasively that Israeli leaders saw themselves "trapped" between the Soviet Union and the United States. Building to the climax of the 1967 war, this is an indispensable book.' Wm. Roger Louis, University of Texas The Arab-Israeli conflict cannot be properly understood without considering the larger context of the Cold War. Joseph Heller provides a comprehensive analysis of Israel's relationships with the United States and the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1967, showing how the fledgling state had to manoeuvre between the two superpowers in order to survive. Collating information from hundreds of sources, many of them unavailable to the general public, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars in international relations and political history, but also to the general reader, providing as it does a wide perspective of both Israel and the Arab countries and their interaction with the superpowers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781526103826
• ISBN-10: 1526103826
• Artikelnr.: 47076528

Autorenporträt

Joseph Heller is Professor Emeritus in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 The Soviet Union and Israel: from the Gromyko declaration to the death of Stalin (1947
53) 2 The United States and the Cold War: from Truman to Eisenhower (1948
53) 3 Israel and the Soviet Union prior to the Suez Crisis (1953
56) 4 Sharett versus Eisenhower and Dulles (1953
56) 5 Israel and the United States on the road to war (November 1955
November 1956) 6 The Eisenhower Doctrine and Israel (November 1956
January 1958) 7 Soviet
Israeli relations after the Suez War (1956
61) 8 How the Middle East crises affected US policy toward Israel (1958
60) 9 Kennedy, Israel and the Cold War before the Cuban Missile Crisis (1961
62) 10 Was Kennedy the 'father' of the US
Israeli alliance? (1962
63) 11 Khrushchev, Israel and Soviet Jewry (1961
64) 12 Was Johnson the 'father' of the US
Israeli alliance?: the Memorandum of Understanding (1964
65) 13 Johnson, Israel and the Cold War: testing the Memorandum of Understanding (1965
67) 14 The Soviet Union, Israel and Soviet Jewry (1964
67) 15 The United States and the crisis of the Six Day War (May 14
June 5, 1967) 16 The Soviet Union and the Six Day War (May 14
June 5, 1967) Conclusions Index