Stephen Green collection, 1946-1988

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Summary

Creators:
Green, Stephen, collector
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).
Extent:
21 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 5 microfilm reels (13.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stephen Green collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

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

Biographical / historical:

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

Acquisition information:
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.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stephen Green collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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