Book contents
- The Making of an Alliance
- The Making of an Alliance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Sources of the American Support for Zionism
- 2 Friendship
- 3 Friendly Impartiality, 1949–1958
- 4 Strategic Change, 1958–1968
- 5 From Friendship to Strategic Alliance, 1969–1989
- 6 Friendship and Strategic Alliance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2021
- The Making of an Alliance
- The Making of an Alliance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Sources of the American Support for Zionism
- 2 Friendship
- 3 Friendly Impartiality, 1949–1958
- 4 Strategic Change, 1958–1968
- 5 From Friendship to Strategic Alliance, 1969–1989
- 6 Friendship and Strategic Alliance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
On 27 December 1962, Foreign Minister Golda Meir met President John F. Kennedy in the White House. This was their first meeting, and it produced one of the more known statements made by an American president regarding Israeli–American relations: ‘The United States has special relations with Israel, as we have had and still have with Great Britain.’1 Though no student of Israeli–American relations will deny that there were and are special ties between the two nations, the debate was: Since when were Israeli–American relations special? The answers varied depending on the scholar’s approach and understanding of the causes of those relations. Some emphasize realism, while others see ideals as factors that drive and underpin the relationship between the two countries.
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- The Making of an AllianceThe Origins and Development of the US-Israel Relationship, pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022