Israel and the bomb / Avner Cohen
- Bib ID:
- 517041
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Cohen, Avner, 1951-
- Description:
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- New York : Columbia University Press, c1998
- xviii, 470 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0231104820 (acid-free paper)
- Summary:
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Cohen focuses on a two-decade period from about 1950 until 1970, during which David Ben-Gurion's vision of making Israel a nuclear-weapon state was realized. He weaves together the story of the formative years of Israel's nuclear program, from the founding of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission in 1952, to the alliance with France that gave Israel the sophisticated technology it needed, to the failure of American intelligence to identify the Dimona Project for what it was, to the negotiations between President Nixon and Prime Minister Meir that led to the current policy of secrecy. Cohen also analyzes the complex reasons Israel concealed its nuclear program - from concerns over the Arab reaction and the negative effect of the debate at home to consideration of America's commitment to nonproliferation.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Men and Ethos
- 2. Before the Beginning
- 3. The Beginning
- 4. The Road to Dimona
- 5. Dimona Revealed
- 6. Kennedy and the Israeli Project
- 7. The Battle of Dimona
- 8. Debate at Home
- 9. Kennedy and Eshkol Strike a Deal
- 10. The Dimona Visits (1964-1967)
- 11. Ambiguity Born
- 12. Growing Pains
- 13. The Arabs and Dimona
- 14. The Six-Day War
- 15. Toward Opacity
- 16. The Battle Over the NPT
- 17. Opacity Takes Hold.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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