Yitzhak Rabin, the Ambassador to Washington, 1968–73: A Diplomat and Policy Maker.

Rabin differed considerably from the average ambassador – a representative receiving and issuing reports. He viewed himself not only as a diplomat, but as capable of shaping policy with respect to both the Arab–Israeli conflict and the relationship with the United States. During his term as ambassador to Washington he displayed sober realism with regard to the political, and to some extent the military, reality – the very realism that was absent from the government that sent him. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]