Professor Shlomo Aronson teaches political science at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of a number of books, including Conflict and Bargaining in the Middle East. Oded Brosh is a Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

"This will be a very important book because it addresses crucial issues whose time has come. The intellectual importance of the work is the skillful weaving together of the many layers and dimensions of perceptions, forces, and interests into explanations of the decisions that led to opacity as a national strategy. There are other books that treat the issue of Israeli nuclear doctrine; however, none interpret its historical development in this particular manner, nor assess the strategic implications of opacity." — Stewart Reiser, Harvard University

• Preface Introduction 1. Strategy, History, and Politics 2. The American Paradigm and Early Efforts to Limit Proliferation 3. The Israeli Paradigm: American Controlled Opacity? 4. American Intervention 5. The 1967 War 6. The Road to the Yom Kippur War 7. The Walls of Jericho 8. Sadat's Peace 9. The Doctrine of Opaque Nuclear Monopoly 10. Lebanon and the Demise of the Begin-Sharon Cabinet 11. From Lebanon to the Intifada 12. The Rebirth of Pan-Arabism? 13. India, Pakistan, North Korea, Algeria, Iran, and the Rest Epilogue: The End of Opacity? Notes Bibliography Indices

Professor Shlomo Aronson teaches political science at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of a number of books, including Conflict and Bargaining in the Middle East. Oded Brosh is a Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

"This will be a very important book because it addresses crucial issues whose time has come. The intellectual importance of the work is the skillful weaving together of the many layers and dimensions of perceptions, forces, and interests into explanations of the decisions that led to opacity as a national strategy. There are other books that treat the issue of Israeli nuclear doctrine; however, none interpret its historical development in this particular manner, nor assess the strategic implications of opacity." — Stewart Reiser, Harvard University

• Preface Introduction 1. Strategy, History, and Politics 2. The American Paradigm and Early Efforts to Limit Proliferation 3. The Israeli Paradigm: American Controlled Opacity? 4. American Intervention 5. The 1967 War 6. The Road to the Yom Kippur War 7. The Walls of Jericho 8. Sadat's Peace 9. The Doctrine of Opaque Nuclear Monopoly 10. Lebanon and the Demise of the Begin-Sharon Cabinet 11. From Lebanon to the Intifada 12. The Rebirth of Pan-Arabism? 13. India, Pakistan, North Korea, Algeria, Iran, and the Rest Epilogue: The End of Opacity? Notes Bibliography Indices

Professor Shlomo Aronson teaches political science at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of a number of books, including Conflict and Bargaining in the Middle East. Oded Brosh is a Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

"This will be a very important book because it addresses crucial issues whose time has come. The intellectual importance of the work is the skillful weaving together of the many layers and dimensions of perceptions, forces, and interests into explanations of the decisions that led to opacity as a national strategy. There are other books that treat the issue of Israeli nuclear doctrine; however, none interpret its historical development in this particular manner, nor assess the strategic implications of opacity." — Stewart Reiser, Harvard University

• Preface Introduction 1. Strategy, History, and Politics 2. The American Paradigm and Early Efforts to Limit Proliferation 3. The Israeli Paradigm: American Controlled Opacity? 4. American Intervention 5. The 1967 War 6. The Road to the Yom Kippur War 7. The Walls of Jericho 8. Sadat's Peace 9. The Doctrine of Opaque Nuclear Monopoly 10. Lebanon and the Demise of the Begin-Sharon Cabinet 11. From Lebanon to the Intifada 12. The Rebirth of Pan-Arabism? 13. India, Pakistan, North Korea, Algeria, Iran, and the Rest Epilogue: The End of Opacity? Notes Bibliography Indices