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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461727803321

Titolo

Israel and the United States : six decades of US-Israeli relations / / edited by Robert O. Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colo. : , : Westview Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-49957-4

1-78539-522-X

1-280-60179-5

9786613630100

0-8133-4497-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FreedmanRobert Owen

Disciplina

327.7305694

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Israel

Israel Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface ix; Acknowledgments xi; List of Abbreviations xiii; Maps xiv; 1 Introduction Robert O. Freedman 1; 2 The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict from 1945 to 2000: WHY THE ARABISTS ARE WRONG David Makovsky 22; 3 George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict from 2001 to 2011 Robert O. Freedman 36; 4 The Pro-Israel Lobby in the United States: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Dov Waxman 79; 5 Six Decades of Public Affection: TRENDS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD ISRAEL Amnon Cavari 100

6 Aid and Trade: ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL, 1948-2010 Roby Nathanson and Ron Mandelbaum 1248 Apocalypse Now? THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT AGAINST ISRAEL Steven R. David 165; 9 American Influence on Israeli Law: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Pnina Lahav 187; 10 American Orthodox Jews and the Stateof Israel Steven Bayme 215; 11 The Relationship Between American Evangelical Christians and the State of Israel Neil Rubin 232; 12 The Quest for Impact: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH PEACE CAMP Mark Rosenblum and Dan Fleshler 257; Bibliography 283;



Index 289

About the Contributors 303

Sommario/riassunto

Senior scholars provide comprehensive coverage of relations between Israel and the United States since Israel's founding in 1948 through the Obama administration, including the political, religious, economic, military, and juridicial ties between the two countries.