Israel in the American Mind: The Cultural Politics Of US-Israeli Relations, 1958-1988 (Cambridge Studies In Us Foreign Relations)

Synopsis

This book examines the changing meanings Americans and Israelis invested in the relationship between their countries from the late 1950s to the 1980s. Bringing to light previously unexamined sources, this study is the first to investigate the intricate mechanisms that defined and redefined Israel's place in American imagination through the war-strewn 1960s and 1970s.

Departing from traditional diplomatic histories that focus on the political elites alone, Shaul Mitelpunkt places the relationship deep in the cultural, social, intellectual, and ideological landscapes of both societies. Examining Israeli propaganda operations in America, Mitelpunkt also pays close attention to the way Israelis manipulated and responded to American perceptions of their country, and reveals the reservations some expressed towards their country's relationship with the United States.

By contextualizing the relationship within the changing domestic concerns in both countries, this book provides a truly transnational history of US-Israeli relations.

Challenges key assumptions and exposes hidden foundations in the field of US-Israeli relations.

Based on Hebrew and English sources from state and non-state archives.

Methodologically innovative in that it looks at the process and contexts of cultural production to examine political intent and meanings.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781108395182

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Date of Addition:

04/19/18

Copyrighted By:

Shaul Mitelpunkt

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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This is a copyrighted book.

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