Nixon and Israel : forging a conservative partnership / Noam Kochavi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kochavi, Noam, 1961-

Series:

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Soviet Union--Migrations--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jews, Soviet--Israel--History--20th century.

Jews, Soviet.

United States--Foreign relations--Israel.

United States.

Israel--Foreign relations--United States.

Israel.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.

Nixon, Richard M.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using a wealth of recently declassified American and Israeli documents, Nixon and Israel argues that ideational and psychological factors are an important complement to standard geopolitical explanations of American-Israeli relations during the Nixon years. Noam Kochavi looks at the emotional impact on senior American leadership of specific choices made by Israel outside the Middle East in the early 1970s, such as the acumen and sensitivity of Israel with regard to Nixon's fundamental concerns—"honorable extrication" from Vietnam and winning reelection. The book takes issue with the controversial argument that Israeli and American Jewish leaders joined forces to orchestrate a campaign designed to tilt American foreign policy in Israel's favor. To the contrary, the picture that emerges suggests that while Israel did adopt policies that altered Nixon's image of Israel, these policies were adopted not in concert with American Jews but despite American Jewish disapproval.

Contents:

Introduction: beyond geo-strategy

Joining the conservative brotherhood

Israel, Soviet Jewish emigration, and idealpolitik

Kissinger, Soviet Jewish emigration, and the demise of detente

Nixon's final months, the legacy of the period, and the lessons of the case.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438427874

1438427875

9781441621399

1441621393

OCLC:

440809934