The Unspoken Alliance

<p> A hugely impressive book. . . . Groundbreaking. <br>-- Newsweek <br> Important. . . . The best-documented, most thorough, and most credible account ever offered of the secret marriage between the apartheid state and Israel. <br>-- Foreign Policy <br> Tantalizing. . . . Stands out because of the new material its author has dug up, which may be deemed to provide a measure of insight into ongoing and tricky proliferation issues. <br>-- The New York Review of Books <br> Rich with intrigue and shocking details but written without a trace of stridency, [this] is the most authoritative account to date. . . . A meticulously researched book that reads like a spy thriller. <br>-- The Nation <br> Fascinating. . . . Deft and fair. . . . A well-crafted work of history, not to be mistaken for another jeremiad. . . . A tale of clandestine missions, surreptitious shipments, and elaborate political theater between two states perched precariously on the margins of both their continents and the Cold War. <br>-- The National Review <br> A harrowing account of a Mephistophelian bargain between two rogue states, told with indisputable fact--many of them new--and on-the-record interviews. No moralizing needed. Israel's twenty-year collaboration with South Africa betrayed its founding principles and, more tragically, anticipated the cynicism with which it conducts its Palestinian policy today. <br>--Seymour Hersh <br> A compelling history. . . . All states engage in secret diplomacy, but Israel offers some of the most shocking examples. . . . Although he deplores Israel's ties to the apartheid regime, Polakow-Suransky has treated the handful of officials in the two countries implementing that alliance fairly, even empathetically. <br>-- Foreign Affairs <br> A deft, pacy and revealing account. . . . Admirably dispassionate. <br>-- The Economist <br> The extent to which these two countries began to rely on each other economically and militarily in the