03549nam 2200529 450 991016270730332120221228144707.00-300-22632-210.12987/9780300226324(CKB)3710000001044017(DE-B1597)540391(DE-B1597)9780300226324(MiAaPQ)EBC5268809(OCoLC)1063823360(Au-PeEL)EBL5268809(CaONFJC)MIL990503(OCoLC)1024267659(MiAaPQ)EBC7027285(Au-PeEL)EBL7027285(EXLCZ)99371000000104401720221228d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe six-day war the breaking of the Middle East /Guy LaronNew Haven, Connecticut :Yale University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (320 p.) 16 b-w illusIncludes bibliographical references (pages [351]-354) and index.Frontmatter --CONTENTS --Map of the Six-Day War --Preface --Introduction: From the Local to the Global --1. The Article --2. The Baath in Power, 1963-66 --3. Playing the Israel Card --4. The Spy Who Came Back from the Cold --5. The Corruption of the Revolution --6. Sliding into War --7. The Phone Call --8. Defying Israel's Founding Father --9. Expanding Israel's Borders --10. Confronting Syria --11. The Self-Inflicted Recession --12. Rabin's Schlieffen Plan --13. From Yemen to Texas --14. A Short Tether --15. Arming the Middle East --16. Secret Liaisons --17. Abba Eban's Tin Ear --18. One Soviet Foreign Policy or Two? --19. Restraining Damascus, Disciplining Cairo --20. A Soviet Hall of Mirrors --21. A Very Israeli Putsch? --22. Last Days --Conclusion: Six Days and After --Endnotes --Select Bibliography --Illustration Credits --IndexAn enthralling, big-picture history that examines the Six-Day War, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its global context One fateful week in June 1967 redrew the map of the Middle East. Many scholars have documented how the Six-Day War unfolded, but little has been done to explain why the conflict happened at all. As we approach its fiftieth anniversary, Guy Laron refutes the widely accepted belief that the war was merely the result of regional friction, revealing the crucial roles played by American and Soviet policies in the face of an encroaching global economic crisis, and restoring Syria's often overlooked centrality to events leading up to the hostilities. The Six-Day War effectively sowed the seeds for the downfall of Arab nationalism, the growth of Islamic extremism, and the animosity between Jews and Palestinians. In this important new work, Laron's fresh interdisciplinary perspective and extensive archival research offer a significant reassessment of a conflict-and the trigger-happy generals behind it-that continues to shape the modern world.Israel-Arab War, 1967CausesIsrael-Arab War, 1967InfluenceIsrael-Arab War, 1967Causes.Israel-Arab War, 1967Influence.956.046956.94zLaron Guy1215353MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162707303321The Six Day War2808104UNINA