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Israel in the American mind : the cultural politics of US-Israeli relations, 1958-1988 / Shaul Mitelpunkt, University of York

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in US foreign relationsPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018Copyright date: �2018Description: 1 online resource (xx, 385 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781108397223
  • 1108397220
  • 9781108381635
  • 1108381634
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Israel in the American mind.DDC classification:
  • 327.5694073 23
LOC classification:
  • DS119.8.U6 M58 2018eb
Online resources:
Contents:
"Lie without blushing" : friction and manipulation in the Courtship of Patronage, 1958-1960 -- "Might as well be the Midwest" : visions of Israel as a development project, 1961-1967 -- Envying "indomitable citizenry" : the zenith of US fascination with the Israeli citizen-soldier, 1967-1973 -- Reforming Sparta : the October War and the collapse of the citizen-soldier Idyll, 1973-1976 -- "We ARE moral leaders in the world" : the popular foundations of the Camp David Agreement, 1976-1979 -- "Recollections and regrets" : Israel and the conservative-liberal divide, 1980-1988
Summary: "This book examines the changing meanings Americans and Israelis invested in the relationship between their countries from the late 1950s to its solidification as a military alliance in the 1980s. Bringing to light previously unexamined sources, this study is the first to investigate the intricate mechanisms that defined and redefined Israel's image in American imagination through the war-strewn 1960s and 1970s. Departing from traditional diplomatic histories that focus on the political elites, Shaul Mitelpunkt places the relationship deep in the cultural, social, intellectual, and ideological landscapes of both societies. Examining Israeli propaganda operations in America, Mitelpunkt also pays close attention to the way Israelis manipulated and responded to American perceptions of their country, and reveals the reservations some expressed towards their country's relationship with the U.S. By contextualizing the relationship within the changing domestic concerns in both countries, this book provides a truly transnational history of U.S.-Israeli relations"-- Provided by publisher
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"This book examines the changing meanings Americans and Israelis invested in the relationship between their countries from the late 1950s to its solidification as a military alliance in the 1980s. Bringing to light previously unexamined sources, this study is the first to investigate the intricate mechanisms that defined and redefined Israel's image in American imagination through the war-strewn 1960s and 1970s. Departing from traditional diplomatic histories that focus on the political elites, Shaul Mitelpunkt places the relationship deep in the cultural, social, intellectual, and ideological landscapes of both societies. Examining Israeli propaganda operations in America, Mitelpunkt also pays close attention to the way Israelis manipulated and responded to American perceptions of their country, and reveals the reservations some expressed towards their country's relationship with the U.S. By contextualizing the relationship within the changing domestic concerns in both countries, this book provides a truly transnational history of U.S.-Israeli relations"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Lie without blushing" : friction and manipulation in the Courtship of Patronage, 1958-1960 -- "Might as well be the Midwest" : visions of Israel as a development project, 1961-1967 -- Envying "indomitable citizenry" : the zenith of US fascination with the Israeli citizen-soldier, 1967-1973 -- Reforming Sparta : the October War and the collapse of the citizen-soldier Idyll, 1973-1976 -- "We ARE moral leaders in the world" : the popular foundations of the Camp David Agreement, 1976-1979 -- "Recollections and regrets" : Israel and the conservative-liberal divide, 1980-1988

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