A new history of the West German-Israeli relationship as these two countries faced terrorism, war, and economic upheaval in a global Cold War environment.

A radical reinterpretation of the relationship between two states whose history has always been intertwined, particularly revisiting Germany's involvement in th

This book examines antagonism to Israel by East and West Germany, from the Six-Day War through the Cold War.

During the 1950s and early 1960s, the West German government refused to exchange ambassadors with Israel. It feared Arab governments might retaliate against suc

In 1952, the Federal Republic of West Germany concluded a treaty with Israel whereby the Germans had to pay three billion Deutschmarks in compensation for the H