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Advocating for Israel : diplomats and lobbyists from Truman to Nixon / Natan Aridan.
Van Pelt Library E183.8.I7 A75 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aridan, Natan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lobbyists.
- Israel--Foreign relations--United States.
- Israel.
- International relations.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Israel.
- Lobbying--United States.
- Lobbying.
- Lobbyists--United States.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 357 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
- Summary:
- This study examines the triangular relationship between Israel's diplomatic corps, the pro-Israel lobby, and various US administrations. Based on a wealth of primary source material, the author analyzes how Israel successfully established a unique relationship with the United States and created a channel of political, economic, and military aid.
- Contents:
- Transitions : from the Jewish agency to the state of Israel, 1948-1952
- Securing aid, 1948-1952
- Winds of criticism and the downgrading of Israel
- The Hasbara struggle in the wake of US coercive diplomacy, 1954-June 1956
- The ramifications of Israel's Sinai war
- Surmounting obstacles in the mending of fences, April 1957-December 1960
- Great expectations of the Kennedy administration, 1961-1963
- The Johnson administration, 1963-1969
- The Nixon and Ford administrations, 1969-1975.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Aridan, Natan, author. Advocating for Israel
- ISBN:
- 9781498553773
- 149855377X
- OCLC:
- 987796986
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