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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465606703321

Titolo

Israel's clandestine diplomacies / / Clive Jones, Tore T. Petersen (editors) ; Yoav Alon [and thirteen others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-19-936532-6

0-19-936544-X

0-19-933066-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (970 p.)

Disciplina

327.5694009/04

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Israel Foreign relations History 20th century

Israel Foreign relations Philosophy

Israel Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Endnote Acronyms; Introduction: Themes and Issues; 1. Israeli Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective: State, Ethno-Nationalism, Globalisation; 2. Friends Indeed or Accomplices in Need? The Jewish Agency, Emir Abdullah and the Shaykhs of Transjordan, 1922-39; 3. Influence Without Power? Britain, the Jewish Agency and Intelligence Collaboration, 1939-45; 4. The Power of the Weak: Israel's Secret Oil Diplomacy, 1948-57; 5. Back-Door Diplomacy: The Mistress Syndrome in Israel's Relations With Turkey, 1957-60

6. Confronting Cairo: Israeli Perceptions of Nasser's Egypt, 1960-67. The Limits of Public Diplomacy: Abba Eban and the June 1967 War; 8. Israel In Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda, 1962-72; 9. Israel's Clandestine Diplomacy with Sudan: Two Rounds of Extraordinary Collaboration; 10. Shadowy Interests: West German-Israeli Intelligence and Military Cooperation, 1957-82; 11. Public Tensions, Private Ties: Ireland, Israel and the Politics of Mutual Misunderstanding; 12. Israeli Track II Diplomacy: The Beilin-Abu Mazen Understandings



13. The Deal that Never Was: Israel's Clandestine Negotiations with Syria, 1991-2000Conclusion; Notes; Index; Footnotes; Ch02Fn

Sommario/riassunto

For over sixty years the state of Israel has proved adept at practising clandestine diplomacy--about which little is known, as one might expect. These hitherto undisclosed episodes in Israel's diplomatic history are revealed for the first time by the contributors to this volume, who explore how relations based upon patronage and personal friendships, as well as ties born from kinship and realpolitik both informed the creation of the state and later defined Israel's relations with a host of actors, both state and non-state. The authors focus on the extent to which Israel's clandestine diplomaci