The uncertain alliance : the U.S. and Israel from Kennedy to the peace process / Herbert Druks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Druks, Herbert.

Series:

Contributions to the study of world history ; no. 83.

Contributions to the study of world history, 0885-9159 ; no. 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Israel.

United States.

Israel--Foreign relations--United States.

Israel.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This critical examination of American-Israeli relations from the last year of the Kennedy administration to the last year of Bill Clinton's tenure in office is a companion volume to Herbert Druks' previous book The Uncertain Friendship: The U.S. and Israel from Roosevelt to Kennedy. Based upon extensive research of archival sources and interviews of those who made this history happen, such as Harry S. Truman, Averell Harriman, Yitzhak Rabin, and Yitzhak Shamir, this study provides a challenging examination of key events and issues during the last three decades, including JFK and Israel's nuclear research, Johnson and the Six Day War, Kissinger-Nixon and the Yom Kippur War, the rescue at Entebbe, Begin's decision to liberate Lebanon from the PLO, Bush and Iraq, and the Land for Peace formula. In addition to this comprehensive narrative account, Druks does not shy away from the tougher questions that plague the history of the two nations. What was the nature of the friendship and alliance that Israel achieved with the United States? Did that friendship and alliance help sustain Israel's independence, or did it merely turn Israel into a vassal state of the American empire? Did Israel have another viable alternative? What may lie in store for the future of American-Israeli relations?

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. John F. Kennedy and Israel

2. The Coming of the Six-Day War

3. The Six-Day War

4. In ESearch of Peace, 1967-1973

5. The Eve of War

6. Days of Awe

7. From Disengagement to Camp David

8. Entebbe Rescue

9. The Carter Years

10. War in Lebanon 1982

11. The Reagan Peace Plan and the War in Lebanon

12. The Lavi Project

13. Israel and the Persian Gulf War

14. The Continued Search for Peace between Israel and Arabs

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-284) and index.

ISBN:

9798216028956

9780313002625

0313002622

OCLC:

70743572