Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Endnote Acronyms -- Introduction: Themes and Issues -- 1. Israeli Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective: State, Ethno-Nationalism, Globalisation -- 2. Friends Indeed or Accomplices in Need? The Jewish Agency, Emir Abdullah and the Shaykhs of Transjordan, 1922-39 -- 3. Influence Without Power? Britain, the Jewish Agency and Intelligence Collaboration, 1939-45 -- 4. The Power of the Weak: Israel's Secret Oil Diplomacy, 1948-57 -- 5. Back-Door Diplomacy: The Mistress Syndrome in Israel's Relations With Turkey, 1957-60 -- 6. Confronting Cairo: Israeli Perceptions of Nasser's Egypt, 1960-6 -- 7. The Limits of Public Diplomacy: Abba Eban and the June 1967 War -- 8. Israel In Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda, 1962-72 -- 9. Israel's Clandestine Diplomacy with Sudan: Two Rounds of Extraordinary Collaboration -- 10. Shadowy Interests: West German-Israeli Intelligence and Military Cooperation, 1957-82 -- 11. Public Tensions, Private Ties: Ireland, Israel and the Politics of Mutual Misunderstanding -- 12. Israeli Track II Diplomacy: The Beilin-Abu Mazen Understandings -- 13. The Deal that Never Was: Israel's Clandestine Negotiations with Syria, 1991-2000 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Provides fascinating insights into how Mossad leaders such as Yaacov Nimrodi, Meit Amit and Reuven Shiloah conducted secret diplomatic missions to Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iran and elsewhere from before the founding of Israel to the present.