{"product_id":"lyndon-b-johnson-and-the-abraham-ben-zvi-9780714684635","title":"Lyndon B. Johnson and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel: In the Shadow of the Hawk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLyndon B. Johnson and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel \u003c\/em\u003eseeks to reconstruct and elucidate the processes behind the decisions made by the Johnson Administration during the years 1965-68 to sell Israel M-48 tanks, A-4 Skyhawk planes and F-4 Phantom planes. This examination is based on a distinction between three factions which competed for influence within Washington's high-policy elite: the traditionalists (whose major representative was Secretary of State Dean Rusk); the pragmatists (whose most outspoken representative was Robert Komer of the National Security Council); and the domestically oriented policymakers (the central decision-maker who quintessentially exemplifies this category being President Johnson). This book is a sequel to \u003cem\u003eJohn F. Kennedy and the Politics of Arms to Israel, \u003c\/em\u003e which examined the first arms deal between the US and Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abraham Ben-Zvi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0714684635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780714684635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.62w x 0.49d","brand":"Abraham Ben-Zvi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086780575999,"sku":"9780714684635","price":66.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3ae79c1-cb6f-459e-a2de-99f9dd1fdf53.jpg?v=1769096535","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lyndon-b-johnson-and-the-abraham-ben-zvi-9780714684635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}