| ||||||||||||||||||||||
MALL.ShopperFavorites.com
Best Prices
Shopper Favorites Web Search |
The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy |
by: Seymour M. Hersh
Price: $30.30
Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.825119095694
EAN: 9780394570068
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0394570065
Label: Random House
Manufacturer: Random House
Number Of Pages: 354
Publication Date: October 27, 1991
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: October 27, 1991
Studio: Random House
Alternate Versions:
- The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
- Israel and the Bomb
- The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World
- The Power of Israel in the United States
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
- see more
- Books > Subjects > Nonfiction > Politics > General
- Books > Subjects > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology > General
- Books > Subjects > History > Military Science
- Books > Refinements > Binding (binding) > Hardcover
- Books > Refinements > Format (feature_browse-bin) > Printed Books
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- The History of Israel's nukes."The Samson Option" is a detailed investigation into how Israel acquired nuclear weapons technology and ultimately, nuclear weapons.
The Israeli partnership with the French and later on South Africa on development of those weapons are examined along with some of the scientists involved.
The Pollard spy case is the subject of one chapter in the book.
The relationship with Israel from an American foreign policy standpoint of administrations stretching from Eisenhower ... Read More
Rating:
- Friend, foe, or an enduring enigma?According to the 9/11 Commission Report, the tragic events on this day were primarily the result of "a failure of imagination" in the U.S. intelligence community. How so.....?
The Samson Option provides stunning insights into the abject paralysis (a failure of imagination?) within this same community and nearly throughout the U.S. government as it failed miserably to halt nuclear arms proliferation for nearly 60 years. Every loyal American with an ounce of critical thinking skills should ... Read More
Rating:
- Israel, North Korea and Iran?There is no more timely topic in international nuclear proliferation today (May 2005) than the capability of North Korea, Iran, Pakistan and India to produce nuclear weapons. How did we get here? Seymour Hersh has written to blue print for how the nuclear powers - US, USSR, England, France and China - looked the other way while a nation "went nuclear". That nation was Israel. When Hersh published "The Samson Option" in 1991, he had tied together 30 years of speculation, leaked intelligence and flawed ... Read More
Rating:
- Delilah FactorInteresting effort.Although, the author in a very soft way did touch on the key issue of U.S-Israel relationship.Never have really understood the relationship between U.S and Israel.In history hardly any one country has made so much sacrifices for another country like U.S has done for Israel with such low returns.U.S is in a state of continuous confrontation with Muslim world because of it's one sided support to Israel.It waged war on Iraq which did not have any WMD.It is threatening Iran for its nuclear ... Read More
Rating:
- Great Detective Work!As is necessary for a subject as shrouded in secrecy, the author must do a considerable amount of detective work in order to arrive at a deep understanding. "The Samson Option" is exemplary in this style of book. Written like a detective story and with not a page lacking suspense, this book rivals any of the best Sherlock Holmes or the best modern-day thrillers. Yet, this is no fiction! It is apparent from the thorough notes that the author hasn't spared an ounce of meticulous research about such an important ... Read More
MALL.ShopperFavorites.com
|