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The Cold War in the Middle East : regional conflict and the superpowers, 1967-73 / edited by Nigel J. Ashton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cold War History
- Cold War History ; v.10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--1967-1973.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
- Middle East.
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- United States.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edited volume re-assesses the relationship between the United States, the Soviet Union and key regional players in waging and halting conflict in the Middle East between 1967 and 1973. These were pivotal years in the Arab-Israeli conflict, with the effects still very much in evidence today. In addition to addressing established debates, the book opens up new areas of controversy, in particular concerning the inter-war years and the so-called 'War of Attrition', and underlines the risks both Moscow and Washington were prepared to run in supporting their regional clients. The enga
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; 1 Introduction: The Cold War in the Middle East, 1967-73; 2 The Cold War and the Six Day War: US policy towards the Arab-Israeli crisis of June 1967; 3 The politics of stalemate: The Nixon administration and the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1969-73; 4 The Cold War and the Soviet attitude towards the Arab-Israeli conflict; 5 Israel's traumatic pre-1967 war experience and its implications for Israel's foreign policy decision-making in the post-war period
- 6 Military/political means/ends: Egyptian decision-making in the War of Attrition7 How American and Israeli intelligence failed to estimate the Soviet intervention in the War of Attrition; 8 The origins of a misnomer: The 'expulsion of Soviet advisers' from Egypt in 1972; 9 The 'Big Lie' and the 'Great Betrayal': Explaining the British collapse in Aden; 10 Cold War, hot war and civil war: King Hussein and Jordan's regional role, 1967-73; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-09369-1
- 0-429-24171-2
- 1-134-09370-5
- 1-280-93207-4
- 9786610932078
- 0-203-94580-8
- 9780429241710
- OCLC:
- 298113231
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