Nixon and Israel

Noam Kochavi

Description

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.
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Beyond Geostrategy

1. Joining the Conservative Brotherhood

2. Israel, Soviet Jewish Emigration, and Idealpolitik

3. Kissinger, Soviet Jewish Emigration, and the Demise of Détente

4. Nixon’s Final Months, the Legacy of the Period, and the Lessons of the Case

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438427874
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Nixon and Israel

SUNY series in Israeli Studies Russell Stone, editor

Nixon and Israel Forging a Conservative Partnership

Noam Kochavi

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kochavi, Noam, 1961– Nixon and Israel : forging a conservative partnership / Noam Kochavi. p. cm. — (SUNY series in Israeli studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-2781-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. United States—Foreign relations—Israel. 2. Israel—Foreign relations— United States. 3. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913–1994. 4. Jews—Soviet Union—Migrations—History—20th century. 5. Jews, Soviet—Israel—History—20th century. I. Title. E183.8.I7K63 2009 327.7305694—dc22 2008051871

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In loving memory of my father, Professor Moshe Kochavi, who infected me with his love of history

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction: Beyond Geostrategy

1. Joining the Conservative Brotherhood

2. Israel, Soviet Jewish Emigration, and Idealpolitik

3. Kissinger, Soviet Jewish Emigration, and the Demise of Détente

4. Nixon’s Final Months, the Legacy of the Period, and the Lessons of the Case

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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