U.S. Defense Policy toward Israel

A Cold War History

Daniel J. Samet (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

278 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-96770-7 (ISBN)

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This book examines U.S. defense policy toward Israel during the Cold War, emphasizing arms sales, intelligence sharing, and other security cooperation. It argues that strategic interests drove American policy with other considerations, such as domestic politics and shared liberal values, mattering far less. It begins with the presidency of John F. Kennedy and ends with the presidency of George H. W. Bush with a particular focus on government officials: presidents, secretaries of state, secretaries of defense, national security advisors, other administration officials, and senators and Congressmen. The book explores the primacy of security as American officials feared nuclear proliferation, regional war, and a cut-off of oil supplies. All the while, tensions and often bitter disagreements in the U.S.-Israel relationship abounded over what to do about threats in the Middle East. This volume will be of interest to those studying American relations with the rest of the Middle East and U.S. security partnerships around the world.

Daniel J. Samet is the George P. Shultz Fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute. He previously was an America in the World Consortium Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He received his PhD in History from the University of Texas at Austin.

Introduction

Chapter 1 | Camelot Shields Zion: The Kennedy Years

Chapter 2 | Aid, Aid, and More Aid: The Johnson Years

Chapter 3 | Taking It to the Soviets: The Nixon Years Part I

Chapter 4 | The Abyss Stares Back: The Nixon Years Part II and the Ford Years

Chapter 5 | A Spoonful of Idealism Helps the Pragmatism Go Down: The Carter Years

Chapter 6 | Who by Fire, Who by Water: The Reagan Years

Chapter 7 | Partnership Consummated: The Bush Years

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
Zusatzinfo	17 Halftones, color; 17 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	690 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-032-96770-6 / 1032967706
ISBN-13	978-1-032-96770-7 / 9781032967707
Zustand	Neuware