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The United States, the Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1948-67 : Superpower rivalry /

This book presents a comprehensive history of the modern Middle East and Arab-Israeli conflict through the Cold War, focusing on relations between the region and the two superpowers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Heller, Joseph, 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Edición:First English-language edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright information; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Alpha map; Introduction; 1 The Soviet Union and Israel: from the Gromyko declaration to the death of Stalin (1947-53); 2 The United States and the Cold War: from Truman to Eisenhower (1948- 53); 3 Israel and the Soviet Union prior to the Suez Crisis (1953- 56); 4 Sharett versus Eisenhower and Dulles (1953- 56); 5 Israel and the United States on the road to war (November 1955-November 1956); 6 The Eisenhower Doctrine and Israel (November 1956-January 1958)
  • 7 Soviet-Israeli relations after the Suez War (1956-61)8 How the Middle East crises affected US policy toward Israel (1958-60); 9 Kennedy, Israel and the Cold War before the Cuban Missile Crisis (1961-62); 10 Was Kennedy the 'father' of the US-Israeli alliance? (1962-63); 11 Khrushchev, Israel and Soviet Jewry (1961-64); 12 Was Johnson the 'father' of the US-Israeli alliance?: the Memorandum of Understanding (1964-65); 13 Johnson, Israel and the Cold War: testing the Memorandum of Understanding (1965-67); 14 The Soviet Union, Israel and Soviet Jewry (1964-67)
  • 15 The United States and the crisis of the Six Day War (May 14-June 5, 1967)16 The Soviet Union and the Six Day War (May 14-June 5, 1967); Conclusions; Israel in the regional and international arenas: asset or liability?; Israel's image as a victim; Patrons and clients; Soviet Jews as a star in the Cold War constellation; The test of leadership; The failure of the Jewish lobby; Bibliography; Index