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The Showdown That Wasn’t: U.S.-Israeli Relations and American Domestic Politics, 1973–75

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Summary

To what extent do domestic politics influence the United States’ policy toward Israel? Documentary evidence demonstrates that although President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger initially sought a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace agreement, domestic considerations played a key role in their decision to return to the step-by-step diplomacy favored by Israel’s supporters in the United States.

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Jackson, Galen. “The Showdown That Wasn’t: U.S.-Israeli Relations and American Domestic Politics, 1973–75.” Spring 2015

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