Key Studies in Diplomacy: Israelpolitik

German-Israeli Relations, 1949-69

Key Studies in Diplomacy: Israelpolitik
Lorena De Vita
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h234 x 156mm - 256pg
7 Dec 2021 UK
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9781526162540
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The rapprochement between Germany and Israel in the aftermath of the Holocaust is one of the most striking political developments of the twentieth century. German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently referred to it as a ' miracle' . But how did this ' miracle' come about? In this book, Lorena De Vita traces the contradictions and dilemmas that shaped the making of German-Israeli relations at the outset of the global Cold War. Examining well known events like the Suez Crisis, the Eichmann Trial, and the Six-Day War, the book adopts a ' pericentric' perspective on the Cold War era, drawing attention to the actions and experiences of minor players within the confrontation and highlighting the consequences of their political calculations. Israelpolitik takes two of the most interesting dimensions of the Cold War - the German problem and the Middle East conflict - and weaves them together, providing a bipolar history of German-Israeli relations in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

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' In their policy towards Israel, the two German states carried out their ideological conflict during the Cold War on the political stage of international relations. This has always been about coming to terms with the National Socialist past. Lorena de Vita shows in an impressive way how the fronts in the German-German conflict shaped this field. ' Sybille Steinbacher, Director of the Fritz Bauer Institute and Professor of the History and Impact of the Holocaust, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ' This book is an incredibly nuanced investigation of the inter-German rivalry in the Middle East that serves to illustrate the multifaceted complexity of the global Cold War. It is an important, timely contribution to the growing literature on regional and local cold wars that highlights the agency of middle powers, in this case East and West Germany. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of the German Cold War, German-Israeli ties, and the politics of memory. ' Sergey Radchenko, Professor of International Relations, Cardiff University ' At long last - a book about German-Israeli relations that reaches beyond the conventional story. The reader is exposed to the complex interplay between the cold war, the rivalry between the two Germanies, the conflict in the Middle-East, the tensions within the West-German-East-German-Israeli triangle and the role collective memory plays in politics. ' Moshe Zimmermann, Professor Emeritus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ' By recasting West German-Israeli relations against the backdrop of relentlessly opportunistic East German pressures, de Vita brings fresh and significant insights to such milestones as the Luxembourg Agreements, the Suez Crisis, Adenauer' s meeting with Ben Gurion, and the Eichmann trial. This is finely textured international history at its best. ' William Glenn Gray, author of Germany' s Cold War -- .
Lorena De Vita is Assistant Professor of the History of International Relations at Utrecht University
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ISBN-13: 9781526162540
Published: 7 Dec 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 256

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