The Yom Kippur War: Politics, Legacy, Diplomacy

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The Yom Kippur War was a watershed moment in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the modern Middle East more broadly. It marked the beginning of a US-led peace process between Israel and her Arab neighbours; it introduced oil diplomacy as a new means of leverage in international politics; and it affected irreversibly the development of the European Community and the Palestinian struggle for independence. Moreover, the regional order which emerged at the end of the war remained largely unchallenged for nearly four decades, until the recent wave of democratic revolutions in the Arab world. The fortieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War provides a timely opportunity to reassess the major themes that emerged during the war and in its aftermath, and the contributors to this book provide the first comprehensive account of the domestic and international factors which informed the policies of Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, as well as external actors before, during and after the war. In addition to chapters on the superpowers, the EU and the Palestinians, the book also deals with the strategic themes of intelligence and political of the war on Israeli and Arab societies. Cover Contents List of contributors 1. Introduction 2. Assessing the Historiography of the October War 3. Israel and the October War 4. The October War And Egypt’s Multiple Crossings 5. Syria and the October War: The Missed Opportunity 6. US Foreign Policy and the Kissinger Stratagem Asaf Siniver 7. The Soviet Union and the October War 8. Jordan’s War That Never Was 9. Palestinian Politics in Transition: The Case of the October War 10. Faraway Causes, Immediate Effects: The War and European Consequences 11. Oil and the October War 12. Ashraf Marwan and Israel’s Intelligence Failure 13. Evolving a Diplomatic Legacy from the War: The US, Egyptian, and Israeli Triangle 14. Clashing Narratives of the October War: Collective Memory and Group Perspective 15. Gone But Not Forgotten? The Occasional Lessons of the October 1973 War Notes Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z