Unspoken alliance Israel`s secret relationship with apartheid South Africa

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-307) and index.

The reich that wasn't: South Africa's Jews in the shadow of Nazism -- A light unto the nations: Israel's honeymoon in Africa -- The atomic bond: the Israeli-South African nuclear connection -- The rise of realpolitik: the Yom Kippur War and Israel's realignment in Africa -- Brothers in arms: a military alliance is born -- A common lot: Likud, apartheid, and the quest for minority survival -- The back channel: nuclear diplomacy and the fall of Vorster -- Over the edge: South Africa joins the nuclear club -- Masters of spin: propaganda, denial, and the concealment of the Alliance -- Losing the left: Israel, apartheid, and the splintering of the Civil Rights Coalition -- Forked tongues: domestic debate and diplimatic schizophrenia -- The end of the affair: South Africa's tramsition to democracy and the demise of the Alliance.