The Nixon Administration and the Middle East peace process, 1969-1973 : from the Rogers Plan to the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War / Boaz Vanetik and Zaki Shalom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanetik, Boaz.

Contributor:

Shalom, Zaki.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel-Arab War, 1973--Causes.

Israel-Arab War, 1973.

United States--Foreign relations--Israel.

United States.

International relations.

Israel.

Israel--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Egypt.

Egypt.

Egypt--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.

Physical Description:

vi, 300 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, 2013.

Contents:

Part 1. The twilight of the Nasser Regime: 1967-1970

The Middle East arena following the Six Day War

The Johnson Administration's attempts to promote a settlement between Israel and Egypt in 1968

The "two-power talks" (US-USSR): March-September 1969

The First Rogers Plan, October-December 1969

The Rogers initiative for a ceasefire in the Suez Canal, June 1970, part 1

The Rogers initiative for a ceasefire in the Suez Canal, June 1970, part 2

The crisis in Jordan (September 1970) and its implications

Part 2. "The stalemate policy": 1971-1972

Sadat replaces Nasser, Cairo and Washington begin moving closer

Attempts to arrange an interim agreement in the Suez Canal: February 1971

Ongoing efforts to reach an interim Israeli-Egyptian agreement

The unofficial death of the Rogers Plan

Part 3. The run up to the Yom Kippur War: Autumn 1972-October 1973

Reinforcing the status quo in the region

Complacency in the shadow of continued diplomatic stalemate

Summary and conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845195779

1845195779

OCLC:

806016673