The Uncertain Alliance - The U.S. and Israel from Kennedy to the Peace Process

This critical examination of American-Israeli relations from the last year of the Kennedy administration to the last year of Bill Clinton's tenure in office is a companion volume to Herbert Druks' previous book The Uncertain Friendship: The U.S. and Israel from Roosevelt to Kennedy. Based upon extensive research of archival sources and interviews of those who made this history happen, such as Harry S. Truman, Averell Harriman, Yitzhak Rabin, and Yitzhak Shamir, this study provides a challenging examination of key events and issues during the last three decades, including JFK and Israel's nuclear research, Johnson and the Six Day War, Kissinger-Nixon and the Yom Kippur War, the rescue at Entebbe, Begin's decision to liberate Lebanon from the PLO, Bush and Iraq, and the Land for Peace formula.

In addition to this comprehensive narrative account, Druks does not shy away from the tougher questions that plague the history of the two nations. What was the nature of the friendship and alliance that Israel achieved with the United States? Did that friendship and alliance help sustain Israel's independence, or did it merely turn Israel into a vassal state of the American empire? Did Israel have another viable alternative? What may lie in store for the future of American-Israeli relations?

List of contents

Preface
John F. Kennedy and Israel
The Coming of the Six Day War
The Six Day War
In Search of Peace, 1967-1973
The Eve of War
Days of Awe
From Disengagement to Camp David
Entebbe Rescue
The Carter Years
War in Lebanon
The Reagan Peace Plan and the War in Lebanon
The Lavi Project
Israel and the Persian Gulf War
The Continued Search for Peace Between Israel and the Arabs
Index

About the author

Herbert Druks

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Druks, Druks Herbert
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2001
• EAN: 9780313314247
• ISBN: 978-0-313-31424-7
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Israel, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, International Relations, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Middle Eastern history, History of the Americas, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), World History: Politics and Government