Foxbats over Dimona [[electronic resource] ] : the Soviets' nuclear gamble in the Six-Day War / / Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez

• Autore: Ginor Isabella
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.04/6
• Soggetto topico: Israel-Arab War, 1967 - Diplomatic history; Israel-Arab War, 1967 - Causes
• Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Foreign relations Israel; Israel Foreign relations Soviet Union; Soviet Union Foreign relations Arab countries; Arab countries Foreign relations Soviet Union
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RemezGideon <1946->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- 1. Historiography as Investigative Journalism -- 2. Threat or Bluster -- 3. Antecedents and Motivations -- 4. The Nuclear Context -- 5. The Spymaster and the Communist -- 6. A Nuclear Umbrella for Egypt -- 7. Converging Timelines -- 8. The "Conqueror" and "Victor" Plans -- 9. The Naval and Aerial Buildup -- 10. Mid-May -- 11. Escalation and Denial -- 12. The Badran Talks -- 13. Foxbats over Dimona -- 14. Poised for a Desant -- 15. Un-Finnished Business -- 16. Debates, Delays, and Ditherings -- 17. The Liberty Incident -- 18. Offense Becomes Deterrence -- 19. Aftermath -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez's groundbreaking history of the Six-Day War in 1967 radically changes our understanding of that conflict, casting it as a crucial arena of Cold War intrigue that has shaped the Middle East to this day. The authors, award-winning Israeli journalists and historians, have investigated newly available documents and testimonies from the former Soviet Union, cross-checked them against Israeli and Western sources, and arrived at fresh and startling conclusions. Contrary to previous interpretations, Ginor and Remez's book shows that the Six-Day War was the result of a joint Soviet-Arab gambit to provoke Israel into a preemptive attack. The authors reveal how the Soviets received a secret Israeli message indicating that Israel, despite its official ambiguity, was about to acquire nuclear weapons. Determined to destroy Israel's nuclear program before it could produce an atomic bomb, the Soviets then began preparing for war--well before Moscow accused Israel of offensive intent, the overt trigger of the crisis. Ginor and Remez's startling account details how the Soviet-Arab onslaught was to be unleashed once Israel had been drawn into action and was branded as the aggressor. The Soviets had submarine-based nuclear missiles poised for use against Israel in case it already possessed and tried to use an atomic device, and the USSR prepared and actually began a marine landing on Israel's shores backed by strategic bombers and fighter squadrons. They sent their most advanced, still-secret aircraft, the MiG-25 Foxbat, on provocative sorties over Israel's Dimona nuclear complex to prepare the planned attack on it, and to scare Israel into making the first strike. It was only the unpredicted devastation of Israel's response that narrowly thwarted the Soviet design.
• Titolo autorizzato: Foxbats over Dimona
• ISBN: 0-300-13504-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451370603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II