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Support any friend : Kennedy's Middle East and the making of the U.S.-Israel alliance / / Warren Bass



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Autore: Bass Warren Visualizza persona
Titolo: Support any friend : Kennedy's Middle East and the making of the U.S.-Israel alliance / / Warren Bass Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
Disciplina: 327.73056/09/046
Soggetto topico: Arab-Israeli conflict
Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Israel
Israel Foreign relations United States
United States Foreign relations Middle East
Middle East Foreign relations United States
United States Foreign relations 1961-1963
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-314) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Map; Introduction A Time to Fish; CHAPTER ONE Kennedy's Inheritance; CHAPTER TWO The Making of the President; CHAPTER THREE Uncle Sam and Mister Big; CHAPTER FOUR Nasser's Vietnam; CHAPTER FIVE Israel's Missile Gap; CHAPTER SIX The Delicate Matter; CONCLUSION A Time to Cut Bait; Chronology; Dramatis Personae; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Credits; Index
Sommario/riassunto: At the Cold War's height, John F. Kennedy set precedents that continue to shape America's encounter with the Middle East. Here Warren Bass takes readers inside the corridors of power to show how Kennedy's New Frontiersmen grappled with the Middle East. He explains why the fiery Nasser spurned Washington's overtures and stumbled into a Middle Eastern Vietnam. He shows how Israel persuaded the Kennedy administration to start arming the Jewish state. And he grippingly describes JFK's showdown over Israel's secret nuclear reactor. From the Oval Office to secret diplomatic missions to Cairo and Tel
Titolo autorizzato: Support any friend  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-988431-5
0-19-534736-6
1-280-83822-1
9786610838226
1-4294-3252-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820395603321
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Serie: Council on Foreign Relations books.