Walking Out of Step: U.S.-Israel Relations and the Peace Process, 1967-1975
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Kenny Kolander
نام ساير پديدآوران
Siekmeier, James
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
West Virginia University
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2016
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
291
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
Committee members: Crichlow, Scott; Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth; Fones-Wolf, Ken; Hodge, Joseph
یادداشتهای مربوط به نشر، بخش و غیره
متن يادداشت
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-73321-0
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
نظم درجات
Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
West Virginia University
امتياز متن
2016
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
This dissertation explores the development of U.S.-Israel relations during a crucial period-the Presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, 1968-76. This was a crucial period because U.S. aid to Israel skyrocketed during these years, especially military aid. Importantly, U.S.-Israel relations are examined not only through presidential policies, which other scholars have done, but also through congressional activity. Congress consistently pushed both Presidents to sell more and more weapons to Israel, which would allow the U.S. to project strength abroad during the Cold War-especially given the deteriorating situation in Vietnam-and create job opportunities at home during the hard economic times of the 1970s. Yet the White House resisted as it was leading delicate negotiations connected to the Arab-Israeli peace process. This dissertation discusses how the U.S. Congress used the issue of weapons sales to forcefully challenge White House diplomacy connected to the peace process. Over the course of the Nixon-Ford years, the White House consistently sought to use the threat of withholding aid from Israel, especially military aid, to get Israel to be more "flexible" in peace negotiations in the region. Thus, congressional activity had a two-pronged effect-it substantially strengthened the U.S.-Israel relationship through weapons sales, and also weakened the ability of the White House to facilitate peace agreements.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
World History; International Relations
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Social sciences;Arab-Israeli;Congress;Foreign relations;Peace process;Special relationship;Weapons sales
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