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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220086203321

Autore

Bass Warren

Titolo

A Surprise Out of Zion? : Case Studies in Israel's Decisions on Whether to Alert the United States to Preemptive and Preventive Strikes, from Suez to the Syrian Nuclear Reactor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

RAND Corporation, 2015

ISBN

0-8330-9316-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Arms negotiation and control

Middle Eastern history

Military history

Case studies.

Military history

Israel Foreign relations United States Case studies

United States Foreign relations Israel Case studies

Israel History, Military 20th century

Israel

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Case I: The Suez War, 1956 -- Case II: The Six-Day War, 1967 -- Case III: The Raid on Osiraq, 1981 -- Case IV: The Raid on al-Kibar, 2007 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Might U.S. officials be surprised by an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities? This study examines key historical precedents, considering four cases in which Israeli leaders chose preemptive or preventive military strikes and had to decide whether to notify or consult with the United States: the Suez crisis of 1956, the Six-Day War of 1967, the 1981 strike on Iraq's nuclear reactor, and the 2007 bombing of Syria's al-Kibar nuclear facility.