Israel and the Western Powers, 1952-1960
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23214903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott Luca (0000-0003-2587-8461), Scott Lucas, Zach Levey |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 317 |
| Publication date | 2000-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2652612 |
| OpenAlex | W1998703024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
In this study, Zach Levey provides a comprehensive analysis of the development of Israel's foreign policy during the critical years of the 1950s, focusing particularly on relations between the Jewish state and the three Western powers involved in the Middle East arms race - the United States, Great Britain and France. Drawing extensively on recently declassified archival materials, Levey challenges traditional accounts of the nature and success of Israel's policy goals. By 1950 Israel's primary foreign policy objective was the creation of a bilateral strategic relationship with the United States. The country's leader failed to achieve that goal, though, even after the Suez-Sinai campaigns of 1956. According to Levey, it was this failure that motivated Israel to cultivate ties with the West's other leading powers, France and Britain. But cooperation with these countries was not the out-growth of a gradually developing strategic understanding with either one, he argues. Instead, Israel viewed its French and British connections only as temporary substitutes for the desired eventual arrangements with the United States.
Arms race · Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2017 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |