Worst-kept secret
Subtitle: Israel's bargain with the bomb
By: Avner Cohen.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780231136983; 9780231510264
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Israel; Ambiguity -- Political aspects -- Israel; Israel -- Defenses; Israel -- Military policy; Israel -- Politics and government -- 1993-; Israel -- Foreign relations; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Middle East -- Foreign relations -- 1979-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Amimut as a national nuclear bargain; title: Chronology; title: The birth of amimut; title: The case for amimut; title: Israel's nuclear path : the key decisions; title: The infrastructure of amimut; title: The citizenry : the taboo keepers; title: The democratic cost of amimut : the impact on the citizenry; title: The democratic cost of amimut : governance; title: Domestic reforms; title: Iran, the Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) and beyond; title: Toward a new bargain; title: Epilogue.