ISRAEL HAS HAD a very full ten years. It is impossible in a book
of this scope to deal in detail with even one aspect of them,
that of external relations. But it should be possible to give a
general idea of the problems that have faced us in this field,
and this is what I have tried to do. This is no work of polit-
ical science; there is little in it of theory or speculation. It
is a narrative account of some of the chief matters that have
arisen in the conduct of Israel's foreign policy, subjective and
necessarily incomplete. I hope it may be of use or interest
as an outline of Israel's early history.

I have been able to draw on the memory of my colleagues
where my own has failed, and on the research and reference
services of my Ministry. I owe thanks to all who have helped
me with facts, figures and judgments, but the responsibility
for what this book contains is wholly mine. Nothing I have
put into it can in any way bind or commit the Israel Govern-
ment.

W. E.

JERUSALEM, SEPTEMBER 20, 1957

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