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Lavi the United States, Israel, and a controversial fighter jet

he Lavi fighter program, the largest weapons-development effort ever undertaken by the State of Israel, envisioned a new generation of high-performance aircraft. In a controversial strategy, Israel Aircraft Industries intended to develop and manufacture the fighters in Israel with American financial...

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Main Author: Golan, John W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, US Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press [2016]
Subjects:
Lavi (Jet fighter plane)
United States > Foreign relations > Israel
Israel > Foreign relations > United States
United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989
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Table of Contents:
  • The first lion
  • Superpower relations
  • The lion's den
  • The next lion
  • The power of decision
  • Encountering turbulence
  • Mysterious as a ghost ship
  • Funding measures
  • The lion unveiled
  • Inside the Department of Defense
  • With the sky at stake
  • In the Ministry of Defense
  • Broken wings
  • Jerusalem takes stock
  • America in the mirror

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