Stalemate: The War of Attrition and Great Power Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1967-1970

ISBN-13: 9780367304041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 326 str.

David A. Korn

Opis

This book fills a large gap in the history of the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors and is the first to analyze War of Attrition and great power diplomacy in the Middle East during the critical years of 1967–1970 from the Egyptian as well as the Israeli point of view.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- By Other Means -- The United Nations at Center Stage -- Between Cairo and Washington and Cairo and Moscow -- General Rabin Goes to Washington -- Nasser Goes to War Again -- To Hold the Canal Line -- Political Wars -- The Powers -- Escalation -- Soviet Intervention -- Behind the Lines -- An Electronic Summer -- To Stop Shooting and to Start Talking -- Cease-fire and Breakdown -- Epilogue -- United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 -- Resolutions of the Arab Summit in Khartoum -- Letter from U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers to Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad -- Letter from Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin to Secretary of State William P. Rogers -- Cease-fire Agreement -- Note on Sources

O autorze

David A. Korn was deputy chief and then chief of the political section at the American embassy in Israel from 1967 to 1971. He later served as the State Department’s office director for Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs and as U.S. envoy to two African countries. He is the author of books on Ethiopia and Iraq.