The Limits of Detente: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1969-1973
Craig Daigle
Abstract
In this analysis of the origins of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War, the text draws on documents only recently made available to show how the war resulted not only from tension and competing interest between Arabs and Israelis, but also from policies adopted in both Washington and Moscow. Between 1969 and 1973, the Middle East in general and the Arab-Israeli conflict in particular emerged as a crucial Cold War battleground where the limits of detente appeared in sharp relief. By prioritizing Cold War detente rather than genuine stability in the Middle East, the book shows that the United Stat ... More
Keywords: Arab-Israeli War, Arabs, Israel, Middle East, Cold War, detente, U.S.-Soviet relations
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300167139 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300167139.001.0001 |
