29%OFF
Decade of Transition: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance
Abraham Ben-Zvi
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Decade of Transition: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance
Paperback. How did the close cooperation between the United States and Israel evolve? Did the Kennedy Administration represent a radical departure from Eisenhower's policies in the region as previously believed? Ben-Zvi provides a significant reevaluation of the nature and origins of the American-Israeli alliance and the shaping of the modern Middle East. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 726.
Historians have long held that the Kennedy administration forged the American alliance with Israel as a way of courting political support from American Jews. In contrast, the Eisenhower administration is believed to have considered Israel a political and strategic liability. In Decade of Transition, Abraham Ben-Zvi now shows that the Eisenhower years were an "incubation period" during which the ground-work was laid for the eventual American-Israeli alliance. As a result, President Kennedy's Israeli policy is understood as not the beginning, but a continuation of a process with foundations in the prior administration. Focusing on the period between Eisenhower's inauguration ... Read more
Historians have long held that the Kennedy administration forged the American alliance with Israel as a way of courting political support from American Jews. In contrast, the Eisenhower administration is believed to have considered Israel a political and strategic liability. In Decade of Transition, Abraham Ben-Zvi now shows that the Eisenhower years were an "incubation period" during which the ground-work was laid for the eventual American-Israeli alliance. As a result, President Kennedy's Israeli policy is understood as not the beginning, but a continuation of a process with foundations in the prior administration. Focusing on the period between Eisenhower's inauguration ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231112635
SKU
V9780231112635
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Abraham Ben-Zvi
ABRAHAM BEN-ZVI is professor in the Department of Political Science and a research fellow at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University. In addition, Professor Ben-Zvi will become, in October 1998, the head of the Morris E. Ruriel Center for International Studies, Tel Aviv University. He is author of The Illusion of Deterrence: The Roosevelt Presidency and the ... Read more
Reviews for Decade of Transition: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance