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Lavi : the United States, Israel, and a controversial fighter jet / John W. Golan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Golan, John W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lavi (Jet fighter plane).
- United States--Foreign relations--Israel.
- United States.
- Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
- Israel.
- United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (447 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Potomac Books, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Lavi fighter program, the largest weapons-development effort ever undertaken by the State of Israel, envisioned a new generation of high-performance aircraft.In a controversial strategy, Israel Aircraft Industries intended to develop and manufacture the fighters in Israel with American financial support.
- Contents:
- The first lion
- Superpower relations
- The lion's den
- The next lion
- The power of decision
- Encountering turbulence
- Mysterious as a ghost ship
- Funding measures
- The lion unveiled
- Inside the Department of Defense
- With the sky at stake
- In the Ministry of Defense
- Broken wings
- Jerusalem takes stock
- America in the mirror.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61234-785-1
- 1-61234-783-5
- OCLC:
- 934434197
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