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    9 Enero 2007
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As Iran continues to develop its nuclear program and explicitly denounces Israel, Michael Karpin's The Bomb in the Basement provides important context for the ongoing tensions in the Middle East.

After Israel won its war of independence in 1948, founding prime minister David Ben-Gurion realized that his country faced the possibility of having to fight Arab nations again in the future. He embraced the idea of developing a nuclear capability and put a young lieutenant, Shimon Peres, in charge of the project. This was the beginning of Israel's quest for nuclear capability, a project that could not have happened without the cooperation of the French. In The Bomb in the Basement, journalist Michael Karpin gives us the most complete account of how Israel became the Middle East's only nuclear power and how its status as an officially unacknowledged nuclear nation affects the politics of that volatile region.

Karpin's research includes exclusive interviews that provide new insights into the key figures behind the program (notably a harsh rivalry between Peres and Isser Harel, the first head of Mossad). He explains how different U.S. administrations have dealt with Israel's nuclear status, from Eisenhower's disapproval to Johnson's open support. And he shows how the key to Israel's nuclear capability has been its policy of "nuclear ambiguity."

A compelling account of a complicated history, The Bomb in the Basement raises provocative questions about how Israel's nuclear arsenal may affect not only its own future, but the future of the entire Middle East.

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"Provides the most comprehensive and illuminating account of Israel's path and its policy of 'strategic ambiguity' about nuclear weapons."

-- Jacob Heilbrunn, The Washington Monthly

"Entertaining.... Karpin tells this intriguing story through pithy accounts of the major events and profiles of the key actors."

-- George Perkovich, The Washington Post Book World

Biografía del autor

Michael Karpin has been an Israeli television and radio news reporter, anchor, and foreign bureau chief in Bonn and Moscow. More recently he has produced television documentaries, including one that was the genesis of this book. He lives in Jerusalem.

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Michael Karpin (born 1945; lives in Tel Aviv) is a journalist, author of non-fiction books and director/producer of TV documentaries.

For 25 years Karpin was television and radio news reporter, anchor, and TV Channel One's bureau chief in Bonn (1976-80) and Moscow (1991-92); Chief News Editor (1983-86) and editor and presenter of his network's flagship program, "Second Look" (1986-90 and 1993-95).

Karpin's books and documentaries were instrumental in exposing two of Israel's most controversial issues: Dimona's nuclear activities and the incitement campaign that preceded the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In 1983, Karpin broke the story of Israel's secret service fabrication of evidence in the course of Bus Line 300's investigation.

For his three chapters' TV series "Distant Relatives" (1995), portraying the Jewish community in North-America, B`nai B`rith awarded Karpin their World Center Award for Journalism.

Karpin's TV documentary "A Bomb in the Basement" (2001) tells for the first time in television the story of the development of Israel's nuclear capability. It had been screened by numerous television networks, international film festivals and professional conferences.

His TV documentary "The Road to Rabin Square" (1997) won a jury Special Recognition in the Biarritz FIPA 1998's Festival, and a Silver Medal in 1997's NY Festival for International Television Programming and Promotion. Television networks in 15 countries screened it, including France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa and Australia. Arte screened it twice.

Karpin's documentary "Jerusalem is Full of Used Jews" (2006) presents a new artistic and political perspective of Yehuda Amichai's poems of Jerusalem.

His documentary "I Can't Take It Any More" (2007) describes in details the sorrowful last years of Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

Karpin's website: www.michaelkarpin.com

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  • Dimitrios
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    An extremely interesting story which is very well told
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 15 de octubre de 2008
    The first that the author clarifies is that the book has been heavily cencored by the Israeli military, thus do not expect to find in it startling revelations about Israel's nuclear program. What you will find though is a very good account of the whole effort and its... Ver más
    The first that the author clarifies is that the book has been heavily cencored by the Israeli military, thus do not expect to find in it startling revelations about Israel's nuclear program. What you will find though is a very good account of the whole effort and its protagonists, from 1948 to the present (albeit the story somehow stops in the `80s). The reader will find also many similarities between the Israelis' efforts to conceal their project and the Iranians' efforts today and will come to the conclusion that when we have to do with a national effort to aquire the ultimate weapons of mass destruction we must it's rather naïve to expect those responsible to tell the truth or confess their aims. The chapters which deal with the US - Israeli relations and how they were strained by the race for the "bomb" are among the best. This is surely a very nice account on the subject of the Israeli "secret" nuclear arsenal and it is surely more readable than A. Cohen's book "Israel and the Bomb".
    The first that the author clarifies is that the book has been heavily cencored by the Israeli military, thus do not expect to find in it startling revelations about Israel's nuclear program. What you will find though is a very good account of the whole effort and its protagonists, from 1948 to the present (albeit the story somehow stops in the `80s). The reader will find also many similarities between the Israelis' efforts to conceal their project and the Iranians' efforts today and will come to the conclusion that when we have to do with a national effort to aquire the ultimate weapons of mass destruction we must it's rather naïve to expect those responsible to tell the truth or confess their aims. The chapters which deal with the US - Israeli relations and how they were strained by the race for the "bomb" are among the best. This is surely a very nice account on the subject of the Israeli "secret" nuclear arsenal and it is surely more readable than A. Cohen's book "Israel and the Bomb".
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  • RAM930
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    If we build it they will leave us in peace?
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 27 de enero de 2009
    As WWII came to close the world was left to confront what happened to the vast majority of Jewish population of central Europe. As result of the holocaust (and the rest of the world's failure to prevent it) the Jewish wanted to have there own land and vowed to never let... Ver más
    As WWII came to close the world was left to confront what happened to the vast majority of Jewish population of central Europe. As result of the holocaust (and the rest of the world's failure to prevent it) the Jewish wanted to have there own land and vowed to never let the holocaust happen again.

    There were waves of Jewish illegal immigrants to Palestine. Once the Jewish population reached a critical mass the international community paved the way for the modern Israeli state. This new state needed the ultimate weapon to detour would be invaders. There was a nuclear program before there was a state. The hope was the bomb would be "in the basement" as defensive weapon.

    The Arab and North African countries (among others) took offense to the Jewish state. To increase the insult the Jews created an industrialized democracy without the benefit of petro-dollars. Over the years Jews living other Middle Eastern countries became hard so the migration to Israel increased. With the concentration of the Jews in Israel the Arabs had one place to focus their hatred (the US not withstanding).

    The premise is forwarded that the bomb in the basement protected Israel during the 1973 war on the assumption that Sadat knew of the bomb and simply wanted the Sinai back in the hands of Egypt. Somehow Sadat knows about the bomb but Assiad in Syria doesn't? If you know they have the bomb then how can you be sure they won't use on you in the heat of battle? Why was there no effort on the part of Egypt to negate the nuclear threat of Israel? Why have the bomb the in the basement if you are the only one that knows it is there?

    Lets assume that everyone who would wish Israel harm after 1973 knows they have the bomb, do they let them live in peace or do they just change their tactics? Now we have the diplomatic games such as land for peace and the ever in and out tide terror attacks. Does anyone really expect the Arab nations will allow Jewish state to live in peace? The bomb may have allowed Israel to exist for its first 60 years but what of the next 60? Will Iran have the bomb later this year? What country or group will be next join the nuclear club? Israel is rumored to have over 150 nuclear weapons some of which could be deployed in submarines. If Israel has put nuclear ordinance on submarines then the bomb has already left the basement. As long as there is an Israeli state, that state will always have to be vigilant in protecting its people from hostile forces committed to its destruction.
    As WWII came to close the world was left to confront what happened to the vast majority of Jewish population of central Europe. As result of the holocaust (and the rest of the world's failure to prevent it) the Jewish wanted to have there own land and vowed to never let the holocaust happen again.

    There were waves of Jewish illegal immigrants to Palestine. Once the Jewish population reached a critical mass the international community paved the way for the modern Israeli state. This new state needed the ultimate weapon to detour would be invaders. There was a nuclear program before there was a state. The hope was the bomb would be "in the basement" as defensive weapon.

    The Arab and North African countries (among others) took offense to the Jewish state. To increase the insult the Jews created an industrialized democracy without the benefit of petro-dollars. Over the years Jews living other Middle Eastern countries became hard so the migration to Israel increased. With the concentration of the Jews in Israel the Arabs had one place to focus their hatred (the US not withstanding).

    The premise is forwarded that the bomb in the basement protected Israel during the 1973 war on the assumption that Sadat knew of the bomb and simply wanted the Sinai back in the hands of Egypt. Somehow Sadat knows about the bomb but Assiad in Syria doesn't? If you know they have the bomb then how can you be sure they won't use on you in the heat of battle? Why was there no effort on the part of Egypt to negate the nuclear threat of Israel? Why have the bomb the in the basement if you are the only one that knows it is there?

    Lets assume that everyone who would wish Israel harm after 1973 knows they have the bomb, do they let them live in peace or do they just change their tactics? Now we have the diplomatic games such as land for peace and the ever in and out tide terror attacks. Does anyone really expect the Arab nations will allow Jewish state to live in peace? The bomb may have allowed Israel to exist for its first 60 years but what of the next 60? Will Iran have the bomb later this year? What country or group will be next join the nuclear club? Israel is rumored to have over 150 nuclear weapons some of which could be deployed in submarines. If Israel has put nuclear ordinance on submarines then the bomb has already left the basement. As long as there is an Israeli state, that state will always have to be vigilant in protecting its people from hostile forces committed to its destruction.
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  • John
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    It is a wonderful read.Very rich history.
    It is a wonderful read.Very rich history.
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    This is the key to the JFK assassination.
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    Provides the reason for the Mossad's role in the JFK assassination.
    Provides the reason for the Mossad's role in the JFK assassination.
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  • Bayard B.
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    Detailed story of Israeli scientific advances and political determination in the 1950s and 1960s.
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 21 de septiembre de 2021
    It's an interesting, even fascinating, story. It especially describes the secret design and construction of the nuclear reactor at Dimona. It's a very detailed account of a program that took years to implement. It's also a story of determination on the part of... Ver más
    It's an interesting, even fascinating, story. It especially describes the secret design and construction of the nuclear reactor at Dimona. It's a very detailed account of a program that took years to implement. It's also a story of determination on the part of the Israeli government. The book names the scientists and government personnel who were involved.

    The book also describes the changing aspects of Israel during the 1950s and 1960s in education, scientific and technological capability, and military prowess. It's somewhat hard to realize today, but Israel was once a poor and industrially undeveloped country.
    It's an interesting, even fascinating, story. It especially describes the secret design and construction of the nuclear reactor at Dimona. It's a very detailed account of a program that took years to implement. It's also a story of determination on the part of the Israeli government. The book names the scientists and government personnel who were involved.

    The book also describes the changing aspects of Israel during the 1950s and 1960s in education, scientific and technological capability, and military prowess. It's somewhat hard to realize today, but Israel was once a poor and industrially undeveloped country.
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  • Chris Hansen
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    lots of juicy tidbits here
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 15 de octubre de 2008
    This is a terrific book. It's a bit gossipy, which makes it extra entertaining. Example: Golda Meir's breakdown during the Y-K war; the general contempt for Shimon Peres; how both Truman and Kennedy acknowledged that they owed their election to the Lobby; how Rabin... Ver más
    This is a terrific book. It's a bit gossipy, which makes it extra entertaining. Example: Golda Meir's breakdown during the Y-K war; the general contempt for Shimon Peres; how both Truman and Kennedy acknowledged that they owed their election to the Lobby; how Rabin got his Phantoms out of LBJ; Teller's assistance with the project. There is a great deal of information about the French connection, pre-de-Gaulle. And it is of course not just about the development of the device, but about the creation and growth of Israel in general.

    A couple of details reviewers might find of interest, recalling that Karpin can't say a number of things, and other things he simply doesn't know about (his unknown unknowns). 1) Nothing new here but the bland denials about the 1979 test; yet most who have reviewed the Vela flash and corroborating evidence seem nearly 100% convinced that it was a genuine test. (Karpin talks about "photographs" from Vela, so he hasn't investigated this very deeply.) 2) Nothing new about USS Liberty, although most likely Karpin does know what really occurred. 3) A bit of interesting detail about the Egyptian (prob. Russian) overflights of Dimona in May 1967, during extreme tension. This is good, because a couple of Israeli jokesters have weaved a conspiracy theory about it recently (Foxbats over Dimona). Karpin says they were MiG-21s dashing in from Jordan at 55,000 feet and the IAF Mirage IIICs could not catch them.

    A very good read, but obviously not the whole story, and probably not all accurate. Ben-Gurion made a wise choice back at the founding; events continue to prove him right.
    This is a terrific book. It's a bit gossipy, which makes it extra entertaining. Example: Golda Meir's breakdown during the Y-K war; the general contempt for Shimon Peres; how both Truman and Kennedy acknowledged that they owed their election to the Lobby; how Rabin got his Phantoms out of LBJ; Teller's assistance with the project. There is a great deal of information about the French connection, pre-de-Gaulle. And it is of course not just about the development of the device, but about the creation and growth of Israel in general.

    A couple of details reviewers might find of interest, recalling that Karpin can't say a number of things, and other things he simply doesn't know about (his unknown unknowns). 1) Nothing new here but the bland denials about the 1979 test; yet most who have reviewed the Vela flash and corroborating evidence seem nearly 100% convinced that it was a genuine test. (Karpin talks about "photographs" from Vela, so he hasn't investigated this very deeply.) 2) Nothing new about USS Liberty, although most likely Karpin does know what really occurred. 3) A bit of interesting detail about the Egyptian (prob. Russian) overflights of Dimona in May 1967, during extreme tension. This is good, because a couple of Israeli jokesters have weaved a conspiracy theory about it recently (Foxbats over Dimona). Karpin says they were MiG-21s dashing in from Jordan at 55,000 feet and the IAF Mirage IIICs could not catch them.

    A very good read, but obviously not the whole story, and probably not all accurate. Ben-Gurion made a wise choice back at the founding; events continue to prove him right.
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  • BernardZ
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    Best on this subject
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    This writers has made a good effect to find out his facts. I have read many books on this subject. Most book on this subject, even by Israeli have a tendancy to concentrate totally on the US and Israel relationships such as Avner's "Israel and the... Ver más
    This writers has made a good effect to find out his facts.

    I have read many books on this subject. Most book on this subject, even by Israeli have a tendancy to concentrate totally on the US and Israel relationships such as Avner's "Israel and the bomb" and almost ignore local Israeli and French policies.

    This book however does make an attempt to discuss the actually bomb construction including the relationship with France, that was so important in getting it built. What struck me almost immediately is how cheap was the Israeli nuclear program! Many 100 of millions US dollars and several thousand people might be a massive project but compared to other nuclear programs, it does seems incredibly cheap. Still I would have liked to have seen more about the nuts and bolts of how Israel actually built the bomb.

    Whether the US could have stopped the project as the writer states, I think is unlikely, considering that they had little to do with its creation nor did they know for certain about it until the Israeli bomb was well established. Without the US though Israel would have probably have a public nuclear defence policy.

    The writer also provides a fairly good discussion at the end of what Israel achieved by its bomb program and the reasons for the Israeli policy of ambiguilty.
    This writers has made a good effect to find out his facts.

    I have read many books on this subject. Most book on this subject, even by Israeli have a tendancy to concentrate totally on the US and Israel relationships such as Avner's "Israel and the bomb" and almost ignore local Israeli and French policies.

    This book however does make an attempt to discuss the actually bomb construction including the relationship with France, that was so important in getting it built. What struck me almost immediately is how cheap was the Israeli nuclear program! Many 100 of millions US dollars and several thousand people might be a massive project but compared to other nuclear programs, it does seems incredibly cheap. Still I would have liked to have seen more about the nuts and bolts of how Israel actually built the bomb.

    Whether the US could have stopped the project as the writer states, I think is unlikely, considering that they had little to do with its creation nor did they know for certain about it until the Israeli bomb was well established. Without the US though Israel would have probably have a public nuclear defence policy.

    The writer also provides a fairly good discussion at the end of what Israel achieved by its bomb program and the reasons for the Israeli policy of ambiguilty.
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  • Rebecca C.
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    Karpin's history of Israel's nuclear project comes at an appropriate time, just as the Iranian nuclear crisis exhibits how sensitive and hazardous the Middle East is and how clever were Israel's visionary forefathers. Their determination to acquire the ultimate... Ver más
    Karpin's history of Israel's nuclear project comes at an appropriate time, just as the Iranian nuclear crisis exhibits how sensitive and hazardous the Middle East is and how clever were Israel's visionary forefathers. Their determination to acquire the ultimate deterrent and their wisdom to hide it in the basement are excellently described. Karpin for sure knows the political and defense establishments of his country. He also has the advantage of being free of any ideological agenda. His detailed story streams superbly in spite the restrictions imposed on him by Israeli army censors.

    What mattered for me as an American Jewish reader was that the United States made sure that Israel could defend itself without using its deterrent and that Israel's bomb did its work simply by its existing. Karpin points out that Israel planed that that the bomb will function as the instrument that would convince the Arabs to accept a peace settlement. The last chapter shows that in the long run the chances for materializing that aspiration are not bad at all.

    Rebecca C., LA
    Karpin's history of Israel's nuclear project comes at an appropriate time, just as the Iranian nuclear crisis exhibits how sensitive and hazardous the Middle East is and how clever were Israel's visionary forefathers. Their determination to acquire the ultimate deterrent and their wisdom to hide it in the basement are excellently described. Karpin for sure knows the political and defense establishments of his country. He also has the advantage of being free of any ideological agenda. His detailed story streams superbly in spite the restrictions imposed on him by Israeli army censors.

    What mattered for me as an American Jewish reader was that the United States made sure that Israel could defend itself without using its deterrent and that Israel's bomb did its work simply by its existing. Karpin points out that Israel planed that that the bomb will function as the instrument that would convince the Arabs to accept a peace settlement. The last chapter shows that in the long run the chances for materializing that aspiration are not bad at all.

    Rebecca C., LA
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