John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel

This volume argues that both domestic considerations and political calculations were part of a highly complex decision made by members of Washington's high policy elite to sell Israel Hawk surface-to-air missiles.

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This volume seeks to reconstruct the process by which the Kennedy administration decided to sell to Israel Hawk surface-to-air missiles. It argues that both domestic considerations and political calculations were part of a highly complex decision made by members of Washington's high policy elite.