Israel in the American Mind: The Cultural Politics of Us-Israeli Relations, 1958-1988

ISBN-13: 9781108422390 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 400 str.

Shaul Mitelpunkt

Opis

Examines the changing meanings Americans invested in their country's intensifying relationship with Israel from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Recenzje

'Mitelpunkt has historicized in this study the ways in which Americans and Israelis have constructed the relationship between their two countries over the course of three tumultuous decades … [he] has not only delved into American sources; he has made ample use of Israeli sources, in Hebrew, and that fact makes his book different than most similar studies, which have had little or no engagement with primary materials in Israel, particularly with state records. His immersion in the official materials reveals the minute and careful involvement of Israeli government operatives in constructing this message and in the handling of its messengers.' Hasia R. Diner, The American Historical Review

Spis treści

List of figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: 'did I see only America?'; Part I. The Disciple State: 1. 'Lie without blushing': manipulation and friction in the courtship of patronage, 1958–60; 2. 'Might as well be the Midwest': visions of Israel as a development project, 1961–67; Part II. The Citizen Soldier: 3. Envying 'indomitable citizenry': the zenith of US fascination with the Israeli citizen-soldier, 1967–73; 4. Reforming Sparta: the October war and the collapse of the citizen-soldier idyll, 1973–76; Part III. Processes of Peace and War: 5. 'We ARE moral leaders in the world': the popular foundations of the Camp David Agreement, 1976–79; 6. 'Recollections and regrets': Israel and the conservative-liberal divide, 1980–88; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.