U.S.-Israel Relations After the Gulf War


 

Publication Date: July 1991

Publisher: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Author(s): Steven L. Spiegel

Research Area: International relations

Keywords: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Global Responsibility; International Relations; Political Behavior

Type: Report

Abstract:

The author analyzes the place of the United States and of Israel in the new international situation emerging following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He discusses the relationship between the Bush and Shamir administrations in detail. He contends that the United States made a series of blunders surrounding the Gulf War, and that Shamir and Bush are mismatched.