The six-day war : the breaking of the Middle East / Guy Laron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laron, Guy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel-Arab War, 1967--Causes.

Israel-Arab War, 1967.

Israel-Arab War, 1967--Influence.

Physical Description:

x, 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Other Title:

6-day war

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]

Summary:

This history examines the Six-Day War, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its global context. One fateful week in June 1967 redrew the map of the Middle East. Many scholars have documented how the Six-Day War unfolded, but little has been done to explain why the conflict happened at all. As we approach its fiftieth anniversary, Guy Laron refutes the widely accepted belief that the war was merely the result of regional friction, revealing the crucial roles played by American and Soviet policies in the face of an encroaching global economic crisis, and restoring Syria's often overlooked centrality to events leading up to the hostilities. The Six-Day War effectively sowed the seeds for the downfall of Arab nationalism, the growth of Islamic extremism, and the animosity between Jews and Palestinians. In this new work, Laron's interdisciplinary perspective and extensive archival research offer a significant reassessment of a conflict-and the trigger-happy generals behind it-that continues to shape the modern world.

Contents:

Introduction From The Local To The Global

The Article

The Baath In Power 1963-66

Playing The Israel Card

The Spy Who Came Back From The Cold

The Corruption Of The Revolution

Sliding Into War

The Phone Call

Arming The Middle East

Secret Liaisons

Abba Eban's Tin Ear

One Soviet Foreign Policy or Two?

Restraining Damascus Disciplining Cairo

A Soviet Hall of Mirrors

A Very Israeli Putsch?

Last Days

Defying Israel's Founding Father

Expanding Israel's Borders

Confronting Syria

The Self-inflicted Recession

Rabin's Schlieffen Plan

From Yemen to Texas

A Short Tether

Conclusion: Six Days and After

Endnotes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-354) and index.

ISBN:

9780300222708

030022270X

OCLC:

969981723