| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 506 pages) |
| 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muscles while offering a pullback -- Jockeying and posturing -- The deal at the summit and the "expulsion" myth -- Withdrawn regulars conceal "banished" advisers -- Deception-on-Nile, July 1972 -- The Soviets "return" in October -- Part 4.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? |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed March 30, 2020) |
| Subject |
Israel-Arab War, 1973 -- Soviet Union
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Israel -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Israel
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Israel
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Soviet Union
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Remez, Gideon, 1946- author.
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| ISBN |
9780190911430 |
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0190911433 |
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9780190943240 |
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0190943246 |
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