A Tacit Alliance : : France and Israel from Suez to the Six Day War / / Sylvia K. Crosbie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Crosbie, Sylvia K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1274
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Almost immediately after Israel declared its independence in 1948, it began to benefit from a unique series of scientific and military exchanges with France. These exchanges, arranged for the most part outside normal diplomatic channels, were in conflict with the official pro-Arab position of the French government, and also ran counter to Israel's leanings toward the United States, Britain, and the Commonwealth countries. They thus indicated the beginnings of a "tacit alliance"-a relationship of mutual cooperation and support based on no official government contract.Sylvia Kowitt Crosbie traces the rise of the France-Israel friendship from its informal beginnings through its peak at the time of the Sinai Campaign, the Suez crisis, and the joint Anglo-French invasion of Egypt to its abrupt end in 1967 during the aftermath of the Arab- Israeli June War. The author studies the problem from the standpoint of the interplay of international politics as it affected the Middle East, at the regional level of the Arab-Israeli dispute, and in terms of the domestic politics of the two partners of the alliance.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. The International and Regional Settings -- II. Unorthodox Diplomacy -- III. Forging the Alliance -- IV. The Suez War and its Consequences -- V. Broadening the Alliance -- VI. A Return to Orthodox Diplomacy -- VII. Scientific and Technological Cooperation -- VIII. The Collapse of the Alliance -- IX. The End of Illusions: The Six Day War and Its Aftermath -- Conclusions. The Tacit Alliance: A Peculiar Relationship -- Bibliography -- Index