The 1967 Arab-Israeli war : origins and consequences / / edited by Wm. Roger Louis and Avi Shlaim

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 956.04/6
• Soggetto topico: Israel-Arab War, 1967
• Classificazione: HIS026000
• Persona (resp. second.): ShlaimAvi; LouisWilliam Roger <1936->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Israel: poor little Samson / Avi Shlaim -- ; 2. Egypt: dangerous illusions / Laura M. James -- ; 3. Syria: playing with fire / Davish W. Lesch -- ; 4. Jordan: walking the tight rope / Avi Shlaim -- ; 5. The Palestinian National Movement / Wendy Perlman -- ; 6. The Yemen War and Egypt's war preparedness / Eugene Rogan and Tewfik Aclimandos -- ; 7. The United States and the 1967 War / Charles D. Smith -- ; 8. The Soviet Union: the roots of war and a reassessment of historiography / Rami Ginat -- ; 9. Britain: the ghost of Suez and Resolution 242 / Wm. Roger Louis -- ; 10. France and the June 1967 War / Jean-Pierre Filiu -- ; 11. The 1967 War and the demise of Arab nationalism: chronicle of a death foretold / Rashid Khalidi -- ; 12. The transformation of Arab politics: disentangling myth from reality / Fawaz A. Gerges.
• Sommario/riassunto: The June 1967 war was a watershed in the history of the modern Middle East. In six days, the Israelis defeated the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies, seizing large portions of their territories. Two veteran scholars of the Middle East bring together some of the most knowledgeable experts in their fields to reassess the origins and the legacies of the war. Each chapter takes a different perspective from the vantage point of a different participant, those that actually took part in the war and also the world powers that played important roles behind the scenes. Their conclusions make for sober reading. At the heart of the story was the incompetence of the Egyptian leadership and the rivalry between various Arab players who were deeply suspicious of each other's motives. Israel, on the other side, gained a resounding victory for which, despite previous assessments to the contrary, there was no master plan.
• Titolo autorizzato: The 1967 Arab-Israeli war
• ISBN: 1-107-22671-6; 1-139-20956-6; 1-280-77479-7; 1-139-22243-0; 9786613685186; 0-511-75143-5; 1-139-21762-3; 1-139-22414-X; 1-139-21454-3; 1-139-22071-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790332703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Middle East studies ; ; 36.