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

by Joseph Heller

Overview

The Arab-Israeli conflict cannot be properly understood without considering the larger context of the Cold War. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Israel's relationships with the United States and the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1967, showing how the fledgling state had to manoeuvre between the two superpowers in order to survive. Collating information from hundreds of sources, many of them unavailable to the general public, it will be of great interest to students and scholars in international relations and political history, but also to the general reader, providing as it does a wide perspective of both Israel and the Arab countries and their interaction with the superpowers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526103840
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Joseph Heller is Professor Emeritus in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Date of Birth:

May 1, 1923

Date of Death:

December 12, 1999

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York

Place of Death:

East Hampton, New York

Education:

New York University, B.A. in English, Phi Beta Kappa, 1948<br> Columbia University, M.A., 1949

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Soviet Union and Israel: from the Gromyko declaration to the death of Stalin 2. The United States and the Cold War: from Truman to Eisenhower 3. Israel and the Soviet Union prior to the Suez Crisis 4. Sharett vs. Eisenhower and Dulles 5. Israel and the United States on the road to war 6. The Eisenhower doctrine and Israel 7. Soviet-Israeli relations after the Suez war 8. How the Middle Eastern crises affected American policy toward Israel 9. Kennedy, Israel and the Cold War before the Cuban Missile Crisis 10. Was Kennedy the 'father' of the US-Israeli alliance? 11. Khrushchev, Israel and Soviet Jewry 12. Was Johnson the 'father' of the US-Israeli alliance?: the Memorandum of Understanding 13. Johnson, Israel and the Cold War: testing the Memorandum of Understanding 14. The Soviet Union, Israel and Soviet Jewry 15. The United States and the crisis of the Six Day War 16. The Soviet Union and the Six Day War (May 14-June 5, 1967) Conclusions Index