The unspoken alliance : Israel's secret relationship with apartheid South Africa /

Polakow-Suransky, Sasha, 1979-

The unspoken alliance : Israel's secret relationship with apartheid South Africa / Sasha Polakow-Suransky. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2010. - x, 324 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-307) and index.

The reich that wasn't: South Africa's Jews in the shadow of Nazism -- A light unto the nations: Israel's honeymoon in Africa -- The atomic bond: the Israeli-South African nuclear connection -- The rise of realpolitik: the Yom Kippur War and Israel's realignment in Africa -- Brothers in arms: a military alliance is born -- A common lot: Likud, apartheid, and the quest for minority survival -- The back channel: nuclear diplomacy and the fall of Vorster -- Over the edge: South Africa joins the nuclear club -- Masters of spin: propaganda, denial, and the concealment of the Alliance -- Losing the left: Israel, apartheid, and the splintering of the Civil Rights Coalition -- Forked tongues: domestic debate and diplimatic schizophrenia -- The end of the affair: South Africa's tramsition to democracy and the demise of the Alliance.

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Israel--Relations--South Africa.
South Africa--Relations--Israel.
Israel--Military relations--South Africa.
South Africa--Military relations--Israel.
Israel--Relaciones--Africa del Sur.
Africa del Sur--Relaciones--Israel.
Israel--Relaciones militares--Africa del Sur.
Africa del Sur--Relaciones militares--Israel.

416 DS 119.8 / P762u 2010

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