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Title: Stephen Green collection
Date (inclusive): 1946-1988
Collection Number: 86048
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
21 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 5 microfilm reels
(13.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: This collection includes reports, memoranda, dispatches, microfilm, and printed matter, relating to relations between the
United States and Israel since 1948, and information regarding Israeli relations with other nations. Among these documents
include materials directly related to the Israeli naval and air attack on the U.S.S. Liberty on 8 June 1967 and other military
incidents with direct or indirect ties to the Israeli military and defensive forces. These materials were used as research
material for the books by Stephen Green,
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel (1984) and
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East (1988).
Creator:
Green, Stephen, collector
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials related to
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986. An increment of materials related to
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East was acquired in 1988.
[Identification of item], Stephen Green collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Prior to writing his first book on American-Israeli relations, Stephen Green (born May 22, 1940) had been working a field
director in Somalia for Oxfam Inc., an international famine relief organization. In his own words, his work there as a relief
coordinator led him to decide to write about the United States' and Israel's relationship. His first book on the topic,
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel was published in 1984 and the second book,
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East was published in 1988. Alongside these works, Green has also written other articles regarding the complex relations between
the United States and Israel. As a freelance journalist, he continues to write and speak on affairs and policies regarding
Israel and the Middle East.
Information obtained primarily from
Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2010. Reproduced in
Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
Scope and Content of Collection
The Stephen Green Collection includes reports, memoranda, dispatches, microfilm, and printed matter relating to relations
between the United States and Israel since 1948, American military assistance to Israel, and information regarding Israeli
relations with other nations. Among these documents include materials directly related to the Israeli naval and air attack
on the U.S.S. Liberty on 8 June 1967 and other military incidents with direct or indirect ties to the Israeli military and
defensive forces. These materials were used as research material for the books by Stephen Green,
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel (1984) and
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East (1988). The collection also many photocopies of U.S. Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and
related correspondence. The collection also includes drafts of chapters from Living by the Sword and some correspondence of
Stephen Green relating to accumulation of the research material.
For all of the documents with multiple dates present, such as date of origination, date of declassification and/or sanitation,
the date of the origination of the document is used. The original order of the materials as they were when initially acquired
was retained as much as possible. The arrangement for the papers is as follows:
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel Research Documents
,
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East Research Documents
and
Oversize File.
The series
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel Research Documents
(Boxes 1-9 and Oversize Boxes 23 and 24) includes research materials used for the book
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel. These research materials include reports, memoranda, dispatches, and printed matter relating to relations between the United
States and Israel since 1948. Many of these materials specifically relate to the Israeli naval and air attacks, such as the
Israeli attack on the U.S.S. Liberty on 8 June 1967. The series also includes some correspondence related to accumulation
of the research material and photocopies of U.S. Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
A significant percentage of the research materials collected for this series came from the following institutions: The Lyndon
Baines Johnson Presidential Library (
http://www.lbjlibrary.org/collections/ ), the Dwight D. Eisenhower library (
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/ ), and the National Archives of Records Administration (
http://www.archives.gov/research/ ). This series also includes 5 reels of microfilm of research materials.
The series
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East Research Documents
(Boxes 10-22 and Oversize Boxes 23-25) includes research materials used for
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East. These materials include reports, memoranda, dispatches, and printed matter relating to the complex relations between the
United States and Israel from 1948 to the publication of the book in 1988 and correspondence related to accumulation of the
research. The series also includes photocopies of U.S. Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act
and document.
The series
Oversize File (Boxes 23-25) contains research materials from both
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel and
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East. The bulk of the series includes duplication of newspaper articles, majority coming from
The New York Times and
The Washington Post. This series is arranged first by specific book and physical placement is arranged by size.
Citations:
Green, Stephen.
Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations with a Militant Israel, New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1984
Green Stephen.
Living by the Sword: America and Israel in the Middle East, Brattleboro, VT, Amana Books, 1988
James M. Ennes Papers, 1961-1991, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Ronald G. Kukal Papers, 1967-2000, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Donald Wayne Pageler Papers, 1967-1987, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
U.S.S. Liberty Veterans Association Collection, 1967-1996, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Naval operations
United States -- Armed Forces -- Mediterranean Sea
United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel
Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States
Jewish-Arab relations
Military assistance, American -- Israel
Liberty (Ship)
United States. Navy