Prior to the Six-Day War, Israel was a darling of the
international left, vocally opposed to apartheid and devoted to
building alliances with black leaders in newly independent African
nations. South Africa, for its part, was controlled by a regime of
Afrikaner nationalists who had enthusiastically supported Hitler
during World War II. But after Israel’s occupation of Palestinian
territories in 1967, the country found itself estranged from former
allies and threatened anew by old enemies. As both states became
international pariahs, a covert—and lucrative—military relationship
blossomed between these seemingly unlikely allies.
Based on extensive archival research and exclusive interviews with
former generals and high-level government officials in both
countries, The Unspoken Alliance tells a troubling story of Cold
War paranoia, moral compromises, and startling secrets.
關於作者:
Sasha Polakow-Suransky is an editor at The New York Times op-ed
page. He was a senior editor at Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2011
and holds a doctorate in modern history from Oxford University,
where he was a Rhodes Scholar from 2003 to 2006. His writing has
appeared in The American Prospect, The Boston Globe, The
International Herald Tribune, The New Republic, and Newsweek. He
lives in Brooklyn.