Friends in Deed: Inside the U.S. - Israel Alliance
by Dan Raviv, Yossi Melman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0786860065
- ISBN 13
- 9780786860067
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Hyperion, 1994 Hyperion, New York. 1994. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board edges; small splash stain to textblock fore edge. DJ: Very Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and upper tips. Blue paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine; bright gilt lettering on the spine. 537 pp 8vo. This book explores the four decades of American/Israeli overt and covert cooperation and conflict - from the period before Israel's statehood to the dramatic Middle East peace accords - and examines the emotions and controversy stirred by this powerful alliance. This book explores the entire dramatic history of the alliance: from the US's reluctant support for the newborn state to the secret cooperation between the CIa and the Mossad, to the aiding of Israel's nuclear program, to the connection between American mobsters and Israeli fundraising, to the American influence in the Middle East peace talks. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016394
- Title
- Friends in Deed: Inside the U.S. - Israel Alliance
- Author
- Dan Raviv, Yossi Melman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0786860065
- ISBN 13
- 9780786860067
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Israel, Middle East Affairs, antisemitism, CIA, Mossad, Israeli nuclear program, military cooperation, Palestine, Yasser Arafat, intelligence sharing, Holocaust, Gaza, Israeli intelligence services, Israeli spy rings,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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