November 27, 1998

'Israel and the Bomb'

By NINA C. AYOUB

Avner Cohen faced an unusual problem with his new book, Israel and the Bomb (Columbia University Press; 470 pages; $27.50). How do you write a history of something that officially doesn't exist? The key word is "officially." While Israel has never officially acknowledged that it has nuclear weapons, it is widely accepted that it does.

It has had them since the eve of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, says Mr. Cohen,

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