E-Book, Englisch, 470 Seiten, EPUB
ISBN: 978-0-231-50009-8
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Format: EPUB
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Cohen focuses on a two-decade period from about 1950 until 1970, during which David Ben-Gurion's vision of making Israel a nuclear-weapon state was realized. He weaves together the story of the formative years of Israel's nuclear program, from the founding of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission in 1952, to the alliance with France that gave Israel the sophisticated technology it needed, to the failure of American intelligence to identify the Dimona Project for what it was, to the negotiations between President Nixon and Prime Minister Meir that led to the current policy of secrecy. Cohen also analyzes the complex reasons Israel concealed its nuclear program--from concerns over Arab reaction and the negative effect of the debate at home to consideration of America's commitment to nonproliferation.
Israel and the Bomb highlights the key questions and the many potent issues surrounding Israel's nuclear history. This book will be a critical resource for students of nuclear proliferation, Middle East politics, Israeli history, and American-Israeli relations, as well as a revelation for general readers.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Ausrüstung & Waffen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Moderne Kriegsführung
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
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Introduction
1. Men and Ethos
2. Before the Beginning
3. The Beginning
4. The Road to Dimona
5. Dimona Revealed
6. Kennedy and the Israeli Project
7. The Battle of Dimona
8. Debate at Home
9. Kennedy and Eshkol Strike a Deal
10. The Dimona Visits (1964-1967)
11. Ambiguity Born
12. Growing Pains
13. The Arabs and Dimona
14. The Six-Day War
15. Toward Opacity
16. The Battle Over the NPT
17. Opacity Takes Hold
Epilogue