Lyndon B. Johnson and the politics of arms sales to Israel :
[Book]
in the shadow of the hawk /
Abraham Ben-Zvi.
Portland, OR :
Frank Cass,
2004.
1 online resource (xi, 138 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-132) and index.
1. Introduction : Lyndon B. Johnson and the politics of arms sales to Israel : in the shadow of the Hawk -- 2. The road to the M-48A Patton tank -- 3. The road to the A-4E Skyhawk fighter-bomber -- 4. Beyond the F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber : the changing dynamics of the politics of arms sales to Israel.
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"Lyndon B. Johnson and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel seeks to reconstruct and elucidate the processes behind the decisions made by the Johnson Administration during the years 1965-68 to sell Israel M-48 tanks, A-4 Skyhawk planes and F-4 Phantom planes. This examination is based on a distinction between three factions which competed for influence within Washington's high-policy elite: the traditionalists (whose major representative was Secretary of State Dean Rusk); the pragmatists (whose most outspoken representative was Robert Komer of the National Security Council); and the domestically oriented policymakers (the central decision-maker who quintessentially exemplifies this category being President Johnson). This book is a sequel to: John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel, which examined the first arms deal between the US and Israel."--Jacket.
Lyndon B. Johnson and the politics of arms sales to Israel.