The United States, the Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-67 : superpower rivalry / Joseph Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Joseph, 1937- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993-.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

International relations.

Israel--Politics and government--1993-.

Israel.

Politics and government.

Israel--Foreign relations--United States.

United States.

Israel--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States--Foreign relations--Israel.

Soviet Union--Fore.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

xii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Summary:

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 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Soviet Union and Israel: from the Gromyko declaration to the death of Stalin (1947-53) 6

2 The United States and the Cold "War: from Truman to Eisenhower (1948-53) 19

3 Israel and the Soviet Union prior to the Suez Crisis (1953-56) 33

4 Sharett versus Eisenhower and Dulles (1953-56) 47

5 Israel and the United States on the road to war (November 1955-November 1956) 63

6 The Eisenhower Doctrine and Israel (November 1956-January 1958) 78

7 Soviet-Israeli relations after the Suez "War (1956-61) 92

8 How the Middle East crises affected US policy toward Israel (1958-60) 106

9 Kennedy, Israel and the Cold War before the Cuban Missile Crisis (1961-62) 120

10 Was Kennedy the 'father' of the US-Israeli alliance? (1962-63) 135

11 Khrushchev, Israel and Soviet Jewry (1961-64) 154

12 Was Johnson the 'father' of the US-Israeli alliance?: the Memorandum of Understanding (1964-65) 168

13 Johnson, Israel and the Cold War: testing the Memorandum of Understanding (1965-67) 185

14 The Soviet Union, Israel and Soviet Jewry (1964-67) 204

15 The United States and the crisis of the Six Day War (May 14-June 5, 1967) 220

16 The Soviet Union and the Six Day War (May 14-June 5, 1967) 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.

ISBN:

9781526103826

1526103826

OCLC:

965764702