The political psychology of Israeli prime ministers : when hard-liners opt for peace /

The Political Psychology of Israeli Prime Ministers This book examines leaders of the seemingly intractable conflict between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors. It takes as an intellectual target of opportunity six Israeli prime ministers, asking why some of them have persisted in some hard-line p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aronoff, Yael, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: when hard-liners opt for peace; 2. Yitzhak Shamir: once a hawk, always a hawk; 3. Benjamin Netanyahu: battling the world; 4. Ariel Sharon: from warfare to withdrawal; 5. Yitzhak Rabin: from hawk to Nobel Prize peacemaker; 6. Ehud Barak: all or nothing; 7. Shimon Peres: from Dimona to Oslo; 8. Expanding the political conversion story; Appendix A. Political psychology of Israeli prime ministers: summary table of key factors and findings; Appendix B. Interviews by the author.