The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel's Bargain with the Bomb

by Avner Cohen

Book Overview

Israel has made a unique contribution to the nuclear age. It has created a special "bargain" with the bomb. Israel is the only nuclear-armed state that does not acknowledge its possession of the bomb, even though its existence is a common knowledge throughout the world. It only says that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East.

The bomb is Israel's collective ineffable--the nation's last great taboo. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231136994
• ISBN13: 9780231136990
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher