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'Carole Fink's new study is a model of how modern international history should be written. By integrating both domestic politics and the dynamics of the East-West conflict, this deeply researched book shows how Brandt's Ostpolitik, combined with his Nahostpolitik, greatly complicated relations between Jerusalem and Bonn.' V. R. Berghahn, author of American Big Business in Britain and Germany 'A masterful narrative of the development of formal relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany. Carole Fink skillfully highlights the internal conflicts within each country, and her sensitive treatment of the gradual cooling of the understandable Germanophobia in the Jewish state and the growth of Israelophilia in the Federal Republic is based on a thorough examination of archival evidence.' William Keylor, author of A World of Nations: The International Order since 1945 and The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900 'Carole Fink has applied the skills of a seasoned historian to the study of a formative period in the evolution of a unique relationship shaped by the legacy of the holocaust as well as by real politique. Next to the US, Germany is Israel's most important international ally. We are grateful to Professor Fink for illuminating both the origins and the complexities of this relationship.' Itamar Rabinovich, author of Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman 'In this highly readable study of the first decade of West German-Israeli diplomatic ties, Carole Fink teases out the intricacies of a relationship constantly beleaguered by its historical burdens and domestic and international political tensions. ... This book is nuanced, but lively. It is thoroughly researched but also an informative introduction to this too frequently sidelined story ...' Nick Ostrum, EuropeNow `Carole Fink's new study is a model of how modern international history should be written. By integrating both domestic politics and the dynamics of the East-West conflict, this deeply researched book shows how Brandt's Ostpolitik, combined with his Nahostpolitik, greatly complicated relations between Jerusalem and Bonn.' V. R. Berghahn, author of American Big Business in Britain and Germany `A masterful narrative of the development of formal relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany. Carole Fink skillfully highlights the internal conflicts within each country, and her sensitive treatment of the gradual cooling of the understandable Germanophobia in the Jewish state and the growth of Israelophilia in the Federal Republic is based on a thorough examination of archival evidence.' William Keylor, author of A World of Nations: The International Order since 1945 and The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900 `Carole Fink has applied the skills of a seasoned historian to the study of a formative period in the evolution of a unique relationship shaped by the legacy of the holocaust as well as by real politique. Next to the US, Germany is Israel's most important international ally. We are grateful to Professor Fink for illuminating both the origins and the complexities of this relationship.' Itamar Rabinovich, author of Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman 'In this highly readable study of the first decade of West German-Israeli diplomatic ties, Carole Fink teases out the intricacies of a relationship constantly beleaguered by its historical burdens and domestic and international political tensions. ... This book is nuanced, but lively. It is thoroughly researched but also an informative introduction to this too frequently sidelined story ...' Nick Ostrum, EuropeNow

'Carole Fink's new study is a model of how modern international history should be written. By integrating both domestic politics and the dynamics of the East-West conflict, this deeply researched book shows how Brandt's Ostpolitik, combined with his Nahostpolitik, greatly complicated relations between Jerusalem and Bonn.' V.R. Berghahn, author of American Big Business in Britain and Germany 'A masterful narrative of the development of formal relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany. Carole Fink skillfully highlights the internal conflicts within each country, and her sensitive treatment of the gradual cooling of the understandable Germanophobia in the Jewish state and the growth of Israelophilia in the Federal Republic is based on a thorough examination of archival evidence.' William Keylor, author of A World of Nations: The International Order since 1945 and The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900 'Carole Fink has applied the skills of a seasoned historian to the study of a formative period in the evolution of a unique relationship shaped by the legacy of the holocaust as well as by real politique. Next to the US, Germany is Israel's most important international ally. We are grateful to Professor Fink for illuminating both the origins and the complexities of this relationship.' Itamar Rabinovich, author of Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman

'Carole Fink's new study is a model of how modern international history should be written. By integrating both domestic politics and the dynamics of the East-West conflict, this deeply researched book shows how Brandt's Ostpolitik, combined with his Nahostpolitik, greatly complicated relations between Jerusalem and Bonn.' V. R. Berghahn, author of American Big Business in Britain and Germany 'A masterful narrative of the development of formal relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany. Carole Fink skillfully highlights the internal conflicts within each country, and her sensitive treatment of the gradual cooling of the understandable Germanophobia in the Jewish state and the growth of Israelophilia in the Federal Republic is based on a thorough examination of archival evidence.' William Keylor, author of A World of Nations: The International Order since 1945 and The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900 'Carole Fink has applied the skills of a seasoned historian to the study of a formative period in the evolution of a unique relationship shaped by the legacy of the holocaust as well as by real politique. Next to the US, Germany is Israel's most important international ally. We are grateful to Professor Fink for illuminating both the origins and the complexities of this relationship.' Itamar Rabinovich, author of Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman 'In this highly readable study of the first decade of West German-Israeli diplomatic ties, Carole Fink teases out the intricacies of a relationship constantly beleaguered by its historical burdens and domestic and international political tensions. ... This book is nuanced, but lively. It is thoroughly researched but also an informative introduction to this too frequently sidelined story ...' Nick Ostrum, EuropeNow 'Carole Fink's new study is a model of how modern international history should be written. By integrating both domestic politics and the dynamics of the East-West conflict, this deeply researched book shows how Brandt's Ostpolitik, combined with his Nahostpolitik, greatly complicated relations between Jerusalem and Bonn.' V. R. Berghahn, author of American Big Business in Britain and Germany 'A masterful narrative of the development of formal relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany. Carole Fink skillfully highlights the internal conflicts within each country, and her sensitive treatment of the gradual cooling of the understandable Germanophobia in the Jewish state and the growth of Israelophilia in the Federal Republic is based on a thorough examination of archival evidence.' William Keylor, author of A World of Nations: The International Order since 1945 and The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900 'Carole Fink has applied the skills of a seasoned historian to the study of a formative period in the evolution of a unique relationship shaped by the legacy of the holocaust as well as by real politique. Next to the US, Germany is Israel's most important international ally. We are grateful to Professor Fink for illuminating both the origins and the complexities of this relationship.' Itamar Rabinovich, author of Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman 'In this highly readable study of the first decade of West German-Israeli diplomatic ties, Carole Fink teases out the intricacies of a relationship constantly beleaguered by its historical burdens and domestic and international political tensions. ... This book is nuanced, but lively. It is thoroughly researched but also an informative introduction to this too frequently sidelined story ...' Nick Ostrum, EuropeNow

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Carole Fink is Humanities Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at the Ohio State University. She is the author of many books, including Cold War: An International History (2017), and Writing 20th Century International History: Explorations and Examples (2017). She was twice awarded the George Louis Beer Prize of the American Historical Association for Defending the Rights of Others: The Great Powers, the Jews, and International Minority Protection, 1878–1938 (Cambridge, 2004), and The Genoa Conference: European Diplomacy 1921–1922 (1984).

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