This book reinterprets the history of German-Israeli relations by examining the policies that East and West Germany implemented towards Israel in the early Cold War from an innovative and multinational angle.

Lorena De Vita is Assistant Professor of the History of International Relations at Utrecht University

Introduction: Contextualising reconciliation
Part I: Critical choices, 1949-55
1 Discussions
2 Negotiations
3 Confrontation

Part II: Dilemmas and contradictions, 1955-60
4 Crises
5 Adjustments
6 Trials

Part III: Consolidation and cleavages, 1962-69
7 New leaders, old questions
8 Wrangling diplomacy

Conclusion: German-Israeli relations between past and future
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Index