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The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973 : the USSR's military intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli conflict / Isabella Ginor, Gideon Remez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ginor, Isabella, author.
- Remez, Gideon, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Israel-Arab War, 1973--Soviet Union.
- Israel--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Israel-Arab War (1973).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (506 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- This text provides a history of how the Russians, ever since the Six Day War, were involved in planning, instigating and supporting further Arab military action against Israel.
- Contents:
- Part 1. "We will not leave Egypt in the lurch"
- Rescuing and rearming the USSR's Allies in June 1967
- Holding the line on the Suez Canal
- The Soviet presence is formalized and expanded
- Part 2. Operation Kavkaz
- Framing the cross-canal goal and the attrition strategy
- The nuclear non-issue
- "Yellow Arab helmet, blue Russian eyes"
- Facing the Bar-Lev line
- A new phase from March '69?
- What triggered Kavkaz? Refuting Heikal's version
- Dr Chazov's "Vacation in Egypt"
- The Soviet regulars move in
- Operation Kavkaz is formally organized
- The Soviet-Israeli battle is joined
- "A famous indiscretion" as the air war peaks
- An MIA mystery and Soviet intelligence methods
- SAM successes and a MiG debacle
- Ceasefire violation seals a strategic gain
- Part 3. A deceptive end
- Sadat proves his stability and loyalty
- Return of the foxbats
- Trial balloons from both sides
- Flexing muscles while offering a pullback
- Jockeying and posturing
- The deal at the summit and the "expulsion" myth
- Withdrawn regulars conceal "banished" advisers
- Deception-on-Nile, July 1972
- The Soviets "return" in October
- Part 4. "We prepared the war"
- "We can't control the Arabs but must support them"
- "We will be two Ismails"
- The ultimate test of Ashraf Marwan
- In the thick of the Yom Kippur War
- The Soviet nuclear threat and Kissinger's Defcon-3
- Epilogue: so what went wrong, and when?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Previously issued in print: London: Hurst & Company, 2017.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-094324-6
- 0-19-091143-3
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