U.s. Defense Policy Toward Israel - A Cold War History

This book examines U.S. defense policy toward Israel during the Cold War, emphasizing arms sales, intelligence sharing, and other security cooperation. It argues that strategic interests drove American policy with other considerations, such as domestic politics and shared liberal values, mattering far less.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 | Camelot Shields Zion: The Kennedy Years
Chapter 2 | Aid, Aid, and More Aid: The Johnson Years
Chapter 3 | Taking It to the Soviets: The Nixon Years Part I
Chapter 4 | The Abyss Stares Back: The Nixon Years Part II and the Ford Years
Chapter 5 | A Spoonful of Idealism Helps the Pragmatism Go Down: The Carter Years
Chapter 6 | Who by Fire, Who by Water: The Reagan Years
Chapter 7 | Partnership Consummated: The Bush Years
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Daniel J. Samet is the George P. Shultz Fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute. He previously was an America in the World Consortium Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He received his PhD in History from the University of Texas at Austin.

Summary

This book examines U.S. defense policy toward Israel during the Cold War, emphasizing arms sales, intelligence sharing, and other security cooperation. It argues that strategic interests drove American policy with other considerations, such as domestic politics and shared liberal values, mattering far less.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Jeremy Samet, Daniel Samet, Daniel J. Samet
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032967707
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296770-7
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Middle East, Political leaders & leadership, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, Peace studies and conflict resolution, International institutions, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Political leaders and leadership, The Cold War, Armed Conflict, c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, US;Israel;Defense;Presidents;Cold War