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Kochavi Noam <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Nixon and Israel : forging a conservative partnership / / Noam Kochavi |
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Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2009 |
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9781438427874 |
1438427875 |
9781441621399 |
1441621393 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (159 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in Israeli studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - Soviet Union - Migrations - History - 20th century |
Jews, Soviet - Israel - History - 20th century |
United States Foreign relations Israel |
Israel Foreign relations United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: beyond geo-strategy -- Joining the conservative brotherhood -- Israel, Soviet Jewish emigration, and idealpolitik -- Kissinger, Soviet Jewish emigration, and the demise of detente -- Nixon's final months, the legacy of the period, and the lessons of the case. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using a wealth of recently declassified American and Israeli documents, Nixon and Israel argues that ideational and psychological factors are an important complement to standard geopolitical explanations of American-Israeli relations during the Nixon years. Noam Kochavi looks at the emotional impact on senior American leadership of specific choices made by Israel outside the Middle East in the early 1970s, such as the acumen and sensitivity of Israel with regard to Nixon's fundamental concerns—"honorable extrication" from Vietnam and winning reelection. The book takes issue with the controversial argument that Israeli and American Jewish leaders joined forces to orchestrate a campaign designed to tilt American foreign policy in Israel's favor. To the contrary, the picture that emerges suggests that while Israel did adopt policies that altered Nixon's image of Israel, |
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