Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding

According to common perception, the Federal Republic of Germany supported the formation of the Israeli state for...
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Author: Daniel Marwecki
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Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding by Marwecki, Daniel

Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding

$161.38

Germany and Israel: Whitewashing and Statebuilding

$161.38
Author: Daniel Marwecki
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
According to common perception, the Federal Republic of Germany supported the formation of the Israeli state for moral reasons--to atone for its Nazi past--but did not play a significant role in the Arab-Israeli conflict. However, the historical record does not sustain this narrative.

Daniel Marwecki's pathbreaking analysis deconstructs the myths surrounding the odd alliance between Israel and post-war democratic Germany. Thorough archival research shows how German policymakers often had disingenuous, cynical or even partly antisemitic motivations, seeking to whitewash their Nazi past by supporting the new Israeli state. This is the true context of West Germany's crucial backing of Israel in the 1950s and '60s. German economic and military support greatly contributed to Israel's early consolidation and eventual regional hegemony. This initial alliance has affected Germany's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the present day.

Marwecki reassesses German foreign policymaking and identity-shaping, and raises difficult questions about German responsibility after the Holocaust, exploring the many ways in which the genocide of European Jews and the dispossession of the Palestinians have become tragically intertwined in the Middle East's international politics. This long overdue investigation sheds new light on a major episode in the history of the modern Middle East.

Author: Daniel Marwecki
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 07/01/2020
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781787383180

About the Author
Daniel Marwecki is a teaching fellow in Politics & International Studies at SOAS University of London. He also teaches at the University of Leeds School of History, and is a co-editor of ^ldis: orient, a German-language magazine on Europe and the Middle East. He formerly taught at the University of Leipzig and worked for a German NGO in Jerusalem.Daniel Marwecki is a lecturer in International Relations at Hong Kong University. He previously taught at the University of Leeds and at SOAS, where he also wrote his PhD

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