By Zach Levey
A entire research of the advance of Israel's international coverage through the severe years of the Nineteen Fifties, rather kinfolk among the Jewish country and 3 Western powers--the usa, nice Britain, and France. Drawing broadly on lately declassified archival fabrics, Zach Levey demanding situations conventional money owed of the character and luck of Israel's coverage targets .
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Furthermore, there is no study of Israel's policies toward the United States, Britain, and France during the 1950s based upon archival material. This work is based upon recently declassified documents released in the archives of Israel, Britain, and the United States. Such material makes feasible a hitherto impossible analysis of both the debate over and formation of Israeli policy. Thus in addition to a large number of documents of the Foreign Ministry in the Israeli State Archives, access is now available to the diaries of David Ben-Gurion and Moshe Sharett, the protocols of meetings of the Central, Foreign Affairs, and Political Committees of Mapai (the largest and dominant party in the Israeli political arena), and the archives of Ahdut Ha'avoda and Mapam (smaller parties to the left of the moderate socialist Mapai).
Parts of Chapters 3 and 7 appeared in "Israel's Pursuit of French Arms, 1952-1958," Studies in Zionism 14, no. 2 (1993): 183-210. Page v For my parents, David and Beverly Levey Page vii Contents Preface ix Introduction 1 1 The Quest for a Security Guarantee from the United States, 1954-1956 7 2 Anglo-Israeli Strategic Relations, 1952-1956 35 3 French-Israeli Strategic Relations, 1952-1956 55 4 Suez and Sinai, 1956: 29 October to 6 November 75 5 Seeking a Strategic Relationship with the United States, 1957-1960 80 6 In Pursuit of Arms from Britain, 1956-1959 101 7 The Question of a French Orientation, 1957-1960 116 Conclusion 132 Appendix 139 Notes 149 Bibliography 193 Index 199 Page ix Preface This book seeks to fill a large gap in the history of the formation of Israel's foreign policy during the 1950s.
I am also grateful for the support extended me by Professors Abraham Diskin and Yitzhak Shichor, former chairmen of the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University, and to Professor Zvi Gitelman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. And I would like to thank warmly my former advisers at the Hebrew University, Professors Uri Bialer and David Ricci, both of whom worked with me patiently during my time as a doctoral candidate in Jerusalem. Finally, I wish to acknowledge with gratitude the consistent support and encouragement extended me by Lewis Bateman, my editor at the University of North Carolina Press.