Loaded Dice

The Foreign Office and Israel
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9056-8
Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Dr Lochery examines the truth of the myth that the British Foreign Office has been heavily prejudiced in favor of the Arab cause in the Middle East.

There is an accepted popular myth about recent Middle Eastern history. It is that ever since the days of Lawrence of Arabia, Pasha Glubb and Wilfred Thesiger, the British Foreign Office has been heavily prejudiced in favour of the Arab cause in the Middle East and has been consistently anti- Israel and has therefore been uneven in its handling of Middle East affairs. The purpose of Dr Lochery's new book is to examine the truth of this myth. In this compact and very readable account of Middle Eastern politics since the Second World War he focuses mainly on the role of diplomacy. In particular, the relationship between the Foreign office and the State of Israel is one of the most fascinating untold diplomatic stories of the later twentieth century. One Israeli official once claimed that even apartheid regimes in South Africa were treated better by the British Foreign Office. Since the creation of Israel in May 1948, some twenty one British foreign secretaries have served in twelve distinct governments with varying degrees of success have had to deal with Israel. These include the pre Suez Arabist Anthony Eden. The low points have been Robin Cook's visit to Israel in 1998- a classic example of the loathing between Israel and the Foreign Office. Lochery's account is dispassionate and carefully researched. The author is a gentile and no Zionist. But he has written this book because he believes that the truth must be told because the truth matters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lochery, Neill

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Colonial Hangover 2. The Strategic Value of the Arabs to Brittain 3. The Lawrence of Arabia old school 4. Israel as an occupying power- post 1967 reasons 5. is there anti-semitism at the FCO

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Neill Lochery holds the Catherine Lewis Lectureship in Modern Israeli Politics and is director of the Centre for Israeli Studies at University College London. A leading specialist in the politics and history of the Middle East, he has written four other books.