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Author : Michael Karpin
Release : 2007-01-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Bomb in the Basement by : Michael Karpin
Download or read book The Bomb in the Basement written by Michael Karpin. This book was released on 2007-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Significant change took place when President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger adopted a new strategy.
Author : Michael Karpin
Release : 2006-03-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Bomb in the Basement by : Michael Karpin
Download or read book The Bomb in the Basement written by Michael Karpin. This book was released on 2006-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOMB IN THE BASEMENT tells the fascinating story of how Israel became the Middle East's only nuclear power and -- unlike Iraq and Iran -- succeeded in keeping its atomic program secret. Veteran Israeli journalist Michael Karpin explains how Israel, by far the smallest of the nuclear powers, succeeded in its ambitious effort. David Ben-Gurion saw the need for an atomic capability to offset the numerical superiority of Arab armies at war with Israel. The Israeli program relied heavily on French assistance in its early years, until President Charles de Gaulle reduced his country's cooperation. Once it was discovered, Israel's nuclear program cast a shadow over relations between Israel and the United States. The Kennedy administration opposed it, and President Lyndon Johnson approved it only tacitly. Significant change took place when President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger adopted a new strategy. An Israel that possessed nuclear capability was a more valuable asset to the West than an Israel without such an option. President Nixon ceased to press Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and dropped U.S. surveillance of the Israeli reactor at Dimona. In exchange, Israel committed itself to maintain official ambiguity about its nuclear program. That policy remains in place nearly forty years later. Without American approval and the financial assistance and lobbying of Jews in North America, Israel could not have achieved its nuclear capability. This is a fascinating story of scientists, politicians, spies, and major international personalities who all played a part in an extraordinary undertaking that continues to shape the politics of the world's most volatile region. Today it remains to be seen whether Israel will permit Iran to build a nuclear bomb and threaten Israel's security.
Author : Michael I. Karpin
Release : 2006
Genre : Israel
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Book Rating : 947/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Bomb in the Basement by : Michael I. Karpin
Download or read book The Bomb in the Basement written by Michael I. Karpin. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Veteran Israeli journalist Michael Karpin explains how Israel, by far the smallest of the nuclear powers, succeeded in its ambitious effort.
Author : Avner Cohen
Release : 1998-09-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Israel and the Bomb by : Avner Cohen
Download or read book Israel and the Bomb written by Avner Cohen. This book was released on 1998-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until now, there has been no detailed account of Israel's nuclear history. Previous treatments of the subject relied heavily on rumors, leaks, and journalistic speculations. But with Israel and the Bomb, Avner Cohen has forged an interpretive political history that draws on thousands of American and Israeli government documents—most of them recently declassified and never before cited—and more than one hundred interviews with key individuals who played important roles in this story. Cohen reveals that Israel crossed the nuclear weapons threshold on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War, yet it remains ambiguous about its nuclear capability to this day. What made this posture of "opacity" possible, and how did it evolve? 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 Arab reaction and the negative effect of the debate at home to consideration of America's commitment to nonproliferation. Israel and the Bomb highlights the key questions and the many potent issues surrounding Israel's nuclear history. This book will be a critical resource for students of nuclear proliferation, Middle East politics, Israeli history, and American-Israeli relations, as well as a revelation for general readers.
Author : Erwin S. Strauss
Release : 1980
Genre : Nuclear warfare
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Book Synopsis Basement Nukes by : Erwin S. Strauss
Download or read book Basement Nukes written by Erwin S. Strauss. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
