Israeli-Soviet Relations, 1953-1967: From Confrontation to Disruption

ISBN-13: 9780714648729 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 392 str.

Yosef Govrin

Opis

Yosef Govrin has based his research on foreign policy documents, diplomatic reports, official statements and commentaries, interviews, press reports, memoirs and parliamentary debates. He presents an account of the relationship between Israel and the Soviet Union during the turbulent years between 1953-1967. The work analyzes the era - one of severance, resumption and then severance again - from the months preceding Stalin's death to the weeks following the Six Day War along two parallel processes. On the one hand, commercial, cultural and tourist links were formed but there was a gradual increase in the number of areas of confrontation, most notably the Soviet policy in the Middle East aimed at forming a united Arab anti-western front in the face of Israel's fight for the cause of Soviet Jews fostered by the Jewish national awakening in the Soviet Union itself - which was seen by the Soviet Union as a campaign to blacken its image internationally.

Recenzje

'A successful monograph of diplomatic history about an extremely interesting subject.' - Magazin Istoric

'His documented study of mutual mischief-making has earned its place on the library shelf.' - Jewish Chronicle

'This study, which appeared in 1990 in Hebrew, is well researched in archives in different continents and makes use of documents in many different languages.' - Choice

'Govrin's venture into scholarship ha resulted in a valuable book.' - The International History Review

'An important contribution to one major front of the Cold War.' - SHVUT

'Probes deeply into Israeli perspective and motivations and is an excellent source for scholars interested in how one of the superpowers had an impact on the Middle East.' - Journal of Cold War Studies

O autorze

Yosef Govrin