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876485
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Cohen, Avner,1951-
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Worst-kept secret : : Israel's bargain with the bomb /\ Avner Cohen.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Columbia University Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xxxviii, 370 pages)
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| ISBN
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0231510268
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: 9780231510264
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0231136986
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9780231136983
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Amimut as a national nuclear bargain -- Chronology -- The birth of amimut -- The case for amimut -- Israel's nuclear path : the key decisions -- The infrastructure of amimut -- The citizenry : the taboo keepers -- The democratic cost of amimut : the impact on the citizenry -- The democratic cost of amimut : governance -- Domestic reforms -- Iran, the Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) and beyond -- Toward a new bargain -- Epilogue.
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| Abstract
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Israel has made a unique contribution to the nuclear age - it has created (with the tacit support of the United States) a special "bargain" with its bomb. Israel is the only nuclear-armed state that keeps its bomb invisible, unacknowledged, opaque. It will only say that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East. The bomb is Israel's collective ineffable - the nation's last taboo. This bargain has a name: in Hebrew, it is called amimut, or opacity. By adhering to the bargain, which was born in a secret deal between Richard Nixon a.
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Israel
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Ambiguity-- Political aspects-- Israel.
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Nuclear weapons-- Government policy-- Israel.
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Atomwaffe-- Israel.
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Außenpolitik.
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Diplomatic relations.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Other.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Weapons.
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Kernwaffe
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Kernwaffe.
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Militärpolitik.
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Military policy.
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Military readiness.
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Nuclear weapons-- Government policy.
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Politics and government.
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Rüstungspolitik
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
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Israel, Defenses.
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Israel, Foreign relations.
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Israel, Military policy.
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Israel, Politics and government, 1993-
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Middle East, Foreign relations, 1979-
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Middle East, Politics and government, 1945-
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Israel, Defenses.
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Israel, Foreign relations.
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Israel, Military policy.
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Middle East, Foreign relations, 1979-
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Middle East, Politics and government, 1945-
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Israel.
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Israel.
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Middle East.
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Naher Osten.
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| Dewey Classification
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355.02/17095694
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| LC Classification
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U264.5.I75C65 2010eb
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