The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa

by Sasha Polakow-Suransky

Book Overview

Prior to the Six-Day War, Israel was a darling of the international left, vocally opposed to apartheid and devoted to building alliances with black leaders in newly independent African nations. South Africa, for its part, was controlled by a regime of Afrikaner nationalists who had enthusiastically supported Hitler during World War II. But after Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967, the country found itself estranged from former...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307388506
• ISBN13: 9780307388506
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"