US policy towards Israel : the role of political culture in defining the \"special relationship\" by Stephens, Elizabeth instant download

US policy towards Israel : the role of political culture in defining the \"special relationship\" by Stephens, Elizabeth instant download

xi, 339 pages ; 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-328) and index, 1. The Special Relationship ; Defining Specialness ; The Religious Foundations of the American-Jewish Relationship ; The Historical Foundations of the American-Jewish Relationship ; The Holocaust and the Transformation of American Jewry ; Truman and the Recognition of Israel -- 2. Framing American Foreign Policy The Components of Policy ; The National Interest Perspective ; The Strategic Interest Perspective ; The Economic Interest Approach ; The Domestic Politics Perspective ; American Jews and the Pro-Israel Lobby ; Christian Evangelicals and the State of Israel ; Arab Americans and the Pro-Arab Lobby ; Limitations of Domestic Political Influences on Foreign ; Policy Decision Making ; Defining Political Culture ; The Construction and Development of Political Culture ; Adaptation and Change at Different Levels of Political Culture ; Myths & Symbols ; Elite and Mass ; Political Socialisation -- 3. American Political Culture The Evolution of American Political Culture ; Defining American Political Culture ; Exceptionalism ; Redemptionism ; Exemplarism ; 'Americanism' ; The Influence of Culture & History in American Foreign Policy toward Israel ; The Marginalisation of the Holocaust ; The Integration of Israel into American Culture ; Israel and American Popular Culture ; The Entry of the Holocaust into American Life ; Shared Values and Practices ; The Selection of the Case Studies -- 4. The Johnson Administration Global and Regional Perspectives ; The Evolution of US-Israeli Relations ; Arms for Israel: The Special Relationship Begins ; Prelude to Crisis ; The Crisis of May 1967 ; Descent into War ; The Six Day War ; US-Israeli Relations under Pressure: The USS Liberty ; Cultural Change and Israel's Place in America ; American Diplomacy and the United Nations ; Popular Opinion and the Media ; US-Israeli Diplomatic Relations in the Aftermath of War ; Assessing Johnson's Middle