THE 1948 AMERICAN EMBARGO ON ARMS TO PALESTINE

In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 94, Heft 3, S. 495-514

Abstract

PAPER EXAMINES THE AMERICAN ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST ISRAEL AS AN APPARENT INCONSISTENCY IN AMERICAN POLICY - GENERALLY PRO-ISRAELI. IT WAS, IT IS ARGUED, A PRODUCT OF CONCERTED AND CONSECUTIVE EFFORTS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE WHO WERE BOTH ANTI-PARTITION DESPITE TRUMAN'S SUPPORT OF ISRAEL. THIS AMBIVALENCE ENCOURAGED ARAB HOSTILITIES.