The October War A Retrospective
| Author/creator | Parker, Richard B., 1923- Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University Press of Florida |
| Description | 424 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation The October War provides insiders' views of the politics and diplomacy of events leading up to and following the October, or Yom Kippur, War of 1973 between Egypt and Syria on one hand and Israel on the other, a turning point in the history of the modern Middle East. Offering fascinating insights into attitudes and processes, particularly in the United States but also in Israel and Egypt, the essays present firsthand accounts by senior officials -- including U.S. Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and Israeli ambassador to the United States Simcha Dinitz -- and scholars from the United States, Israel, Egypt, Russia, Syria, and Jordan.This book evolved from a 25th anniversary conference on the war in which representatives of the combatants and their superpower supporters discussed, for the first time, the perceptions, motives, and mistakes of the various parties. These frank, often surprising accounts, interspersed with analytical commentary by scholars in the field, are an important contribution to the historical record and to future policy analysis. Readers will emerge with a new appreciation of the complexity of such questions as whether the war could have been avoided, why it came as such a surprise, and whether the opportunity for peace that developed afterward was fully exploited. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 00047970 |
| ISBN | 9780813018539 |
| ISBN | 0813018536 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780813018539 |
| Stock number | 00027542 |