Bass Warren (EN) — Support Any Friend: Kennedys Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance

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At the Cold Wars height, John F. Kennedy set precedents that continue to shape Americas encounter with the Middle East. Kennedy was the first president to make a major arms sale to Israel, the only president to push hard to deny Israel the atomic bomb, and the last president to reach out to the greatest champion of Arab nationalism, Egyptian President Jamal Abdul Nasser. Now Warren Bass takes readers inside the corridors of power to show how Kennedys New Frontiersmen grappled with the Middle East. He explains why the fiery Nasser spurned Washingtons overtures and stumbled into a Middle Eastern Vietnam. He shows how Israel persuaded the Kennedy administration to start arming the Jewish state. And he grippingly describes JFKs showdown with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion over Israels secret nuclear reactor. From the Oval Office to secret diplomatic missions to Cairo and Tel Aviv, Bass offers stunning new insights into the pivotal presidency that helped create the U.S.-Israel alliance and the modern Middle East.