Israels Nuclear Option: Behind the Scenes Diplomacy Between Dimona & Washington
Zaki Shalom
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Description for Israels Nuclear Option: Behind the Scenes Diplomacy Between Dimona & Washington
Hardback. The discussions, which pitted Israel's security concerns against the United States' determined goal to stem nuclear proliferation, produced a set of strategic understandings. This book recounts the dialogue and related diplomatic activity, that took place during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and the Ben-Gurion and Eshkol premierships. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
In the early 1950s, Israel secretly launched a project designed to achieve a nuclear option. Initially supported by France, this daring project stood to engineer a dramatic change in Israel's strategic position vis-a-vis its neighboring Arab states and the wider international community. A nuclear program was driven by the firm conviction of David Ben-Gurion that Israel's existence could be guaranteed only with the aid of such a deterrent. The ensuing nuclear defense strategy was upheld by successive Israeli governments. Adamantly opposed to America's request to allow external supervision of its nuclear activity, Israel labored to avert a potentially disastrous rift ... Read more
In the early 1950s, Israel secretly launched a project designed to achieve a nuclear option. Initially supported by France, this daring project stood to engineer a dramatic change in Israel's strategic position vis-a-vis its neighboring Arab states and the wider international community. A nuclear program was driven by the firm conviction of David Ben-Gurion that Israel's existence could be guaranteed only with the aid of such a deterrent. The ensuing nuclear defense strategy was upheld by successive Israeli governments. Adamantly opposed to America's request to allow external supervision of its nuclear activity, Israel labored to avert a potentially disastrous rift ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845190132
SKU
V9781845190132
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About Zaki Shalom
Zaki Shalom is a member of the research staff at the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies and at Ashkelon Academic College. He is the author of Israel's Nuclear Option: Behind the Scenes Diplomacy between Dimona and Washington (Sussex Academic Press and Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, 2005), and Ben-Gurions Political Struggles, 19631967: A Lion in Winter (Routledge, 2006). In ... Read more
Reviews for Israels Nuclear Option: Behind the Scenes Diplomacy Between Dimona & Washington
"Zaki Shalom recounts the US-Israel dialogue on Israel's nuclear project, and delineates the limitations a superpower faces when trying to impose its security agenda on a regional ally. Shalom's book is an important contribution to our understanding of the Israeli nuclear project, and the diplomacy of arms control."
Prof. Yair Evron, The School of Government and Policy, The Security ... Read more
Prof. Yair Evron, The School of Government and Policy, The Security ... Read more