عنوان

Walking Out of Step: U.S.-Israel Relations and the Peace Process, 1967-1975

Number

TL48753

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Walking Out of Step: U.S.-Israel Relations and the Peace Process, 1967-1975

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Kenny Kolander

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Siekmeier, James

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

West Virginia University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

291

Text of Note

Committee members: Crichlow, Scott; Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth; Fones-Wolf, Ken; Hodge, Joseph

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-73321-0

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

Body granting the degree

West Virginia University

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

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.

World History; International Relations

Subject Term

Social sciences;Arab-Israeli;Congress;Foreign relations;Peace process;Special relationship;Weapons sales

Musa, Imman

Siekmeier, James

Subdivision

Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

West Virginia University

Call Number

1794167106; 10110060

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[Thesis]

276903

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