Arms transfers to Israel : the strategic logic behind American military assistance / David Rodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodman, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms transfers.

Military relations.

United States--Military relations--Israel.

United States.

Israel--Military relations--United States.

Israel.

Military assistance, American--Israel.

Military assistance, American.

Arms transfers--Israel.

Arms transfers--United States.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

xi, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.

Summary:

This-book dispels two common myths about the American-Israeli patron-client relationship that arms transfers to Israel have been motivated by American domestic politics rather than American national interests and that these arms transfers have come without any political strings attached to them. The author analyzes the institutionalization of the American-lsraeli arms pipeline during the Johnson administration, demonstrating conclusively that arms transfers to the Jewish state were based primarily on American national interests, and provides four case studies that clearly reveal that arms transfers to Israel, whether in wartime or in peacetime, have always come with a diplomatic price tag attached to them.

Jacket illustrations: Courtesy of the National Photo Collection, Government of Israel Press Office. The photographers: F-15 Eagle-Ya'acov Sa'ar: M-48 Patton tanks-Moshe Milner, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles-Moshe Milner.

Contents:

Introduction: the American-Israeli relationship in historical perspective

Part I: How the arms relationship emerged

The Israeli quest for arms: Western Europe and the United States

Armored breakthrough: the 1965 sale of M-48 Patton tanks to Israel

One step forward and one step backward: the 1966 sale of A-4 Skyhawk aircraft to Israel and the post-1967 Six-Day War arms embargo

Air support: the 1968 sale of F-4 Phantom aircraft to Israel

National interests or domestic politics?: the rationale behind American arms sales to Israel in the 1960s

Part II. How the arms relationship has operated

The 1967 Six-Day War: a delayed "green light" for preemption

The 1969-1970 War of Attrition: restricting Israel's military options

The 1973 Yom Kippur War: limiting Israel's military victory

Peacetime arms transfers: the Nixon, Carter, and Reagan administrations

Conclusion: the costs of an alliance and the benefits of a patron-client relationship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.

ISBN:

1845191781

9781845191788

OCLC:

72353869