The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and ConsequencesAvi Shlaim, William Roger Louis Cambridge University Press, 2012 M02 13 - 325 páginas The June 1967 war was a watershed in the history of the modern Middle East. In six days, the Israelis defeated the Arab armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan and seized large portions of territory including the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Golan Heights. With the hindsight of four decades and access to recently declassified documents, two veteran scholars of the Middle East bring together some of the most knowledgeable experts in their fields to reassess the origins of the war and its regional reverberations. Each chapter takes a different perspective from the vantage point of a different participant, those that actually took part in the war, and also the world powers - the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, and France - that played important roles behind the scenes. Their conclusions make for sober reading. At the heart of the story was the incompetence of the Egyptian high command under the leadership of Nasser and the rivalry between various Arab players who were deeply suspicious of each other's motives. Israel, on the other side, gained a resounding victory for which, despite previous assessments to the contrary, there was no master plan. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
1 Israel | 22 |
2 Egypt | 56 |
3 Syria | 79 |
4 Jordan | 99 |
5 The Palestinian National Movement | 126 |
6 The Yemen War and Egypts War Preparedness | 149 |
7 The United States and the 1967 War | 165 |
8 The Soviet Union | 193 |
9 Britain | 219 |
10 France and the June 1967 War | 247 |
11 The 1967 War and the Demise of Arab Nationalism | 264 |
12 The Transformation of Arab Politics | 285 |
315 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences Wm Roger Louis,Avi Shlaim Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences Wm Roger Louis,Avi Shlaim Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences Wm Roger Louis,Avi Shlaim Sin vista previa disponible - 2012 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abdel action Aden air force allies Ambassador Amer American Amit Arab nationalism Arab nationalist Arab Politics Arab world Arab-Israeli armed attack Author interview Avi Shlaim Aviv Ba'th Ba'thist Badran believed Brian Lapping Associates British Cairo Caradon cease-fire command conflict coup crisis Crossman Damascus Dayan decision defeat defence diplomatic Eban Egypt Embassy Eshkol Fatah Fawzi fedayeen Foreign French FRUS Gaulle Golan Heights guerrilla Gulf of Aqaba Ibid ideological Islam Islamist Israel Israeli Jerusalem Johnson Jordan Jordanian June King Hussein leaders leadership London Middle East military Mohamed Moscow movement Nasser officers Palestine Palestinian Palestinian national pan-Arab peace President Prime Minister Rabin radical regime region Resolution 242 Riad Rostow Rusk Sadat Saudi Arabia Security Council Sharm al-Sheikh Sinai Six-Day Six-Day War Soviet Union Straits of Tiran struggle Suez Syria territory troops United Nations University Press victory warned West Bank withdrawal Yemen