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Auteur(s) : Polakow-Suransky, Sasha (1979-....)
Titre(s) : The unspoken alliance [Texte imprimé] : Israel's secret relationship with apartheid South Africa / Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Édition : 1st ed
Publication : New York : Pantheon Books, c2010
Description matérielle : x, 324 p. ; 25 cm
Comprend : The Reich that wasn't : South Africa's Jews in the shadow of Nazism ; A light unto
the nations : Israel's honeymoon in Africa ; The atomic bond : the Israeli-South
African nuclear connection ; The rise of Realpolitik : the Yom Kippur War and Israel's
realignment in Africa ; Brothers in arms : a military alliance is born ; A common
lot : Likud, apartheid, and the quest for minority survival ; The back channel :
nuclear diplomacy and the fall of Vorster ; Over the edge : South Africa joins the
nuclear club ; Masters of spin : propaganda, denial, and the concealment of the Alliance
; Losing the left : Israel, apartheid, and the splintering of the Civil Rights Coalition
; Forked tongues : domestic debate and diplomatic schizophrenia ; The end of the
affair : South Africa's transition to democracy and the demise of the Alliance.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-307) and index
A revelatory account of Israel's secret military cooperation with apartheid South
Africa. Prior to the Six-Day War, Israel was the darling of the international Left.
But after its occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, Israel found itself isolated
from former allies and threatened anew by old enemies. Sasha Polakow-Suransky tells
the full story of how Israel's booming arms industry and South Africa's isolation
led to a hidden military alliance that grew deeper after the Likud Party came to power
in 1977 and continued even after Israel passed sanctions against South Africa in the
late 1980s. Polakow-Suransky has uncovered previously classified details of countless
arms deals conducted behind the backs of Israel's diplomatic corps and in violation
of the United Nations arms embargo. Based on extensive archival research and interviews
with former generals and high-level government officials in both countries, this book
tells a troubling story of Cold War paranoia, moral compromises, and Israel's estrangement
from the Left.--From publisher description
Sujet(s) : Apartheid -- Afrique du Sud
Relations extérieures -- Israël -- 1967-1993
Relations -- Israël -- Afrique du Sud
Relations -- Afrique du Sud -- Israël
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780375425462 (hc). - ISBN 0375425462 (hc)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42407209s
Notice n° :
FRBNF42407209
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