The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy

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Random House Publishing Group, Oct 30, 2013 - Political Science - 354 pages
"Almost defies belief . . . a riveting tale of Israeli determination and cunning—and Washington's indecision, ineptitude and acquiescence."—Dallas Morning News

An investigation into Israel's nuclear capabilities discloses information about the country's rush toward nuclear status, its collaboration with South Africa and Iran, and its espionage activities.
 

Contents

A Secret Agreement
The Scientist
The FrenchConnection 4 First Knowledge
Internal Wars
Going Public
Struggle
Years of Pressure Samson Option 11 Playing the Game
Israeli Decision
Nuclear Blackmail
Injustice 19 The CarterMalaise 20 An Israeli Test 21 Israels Nuclear
An Israeli Asset 7 Dual Loyalty 8 A Presidential 10 The 12
Epilogue
Ambassador
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The Tunnel 16 Prelude to
Copyright

A Presidential Gift

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About the author (2013)

Seymour M. Hersh has written for the New Yorker and the London Review of Books, as well as served as a Washington correspondent for the New York Times. He established himself at the forefront of investigative journalism more than four decades ago with an exposé of the massacre in My Lai, Vietnam, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. Since then he has uncovered stories such as Kissinger’s role in extending the Vietnam War as well as the military torture regime at Abu Ghraib prison. He has won the George Polk Award five times, the National Magazine Award for Public Interest twice, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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