From June to October: Middle East Between 1967 and 1973

by Itamar Rabinovich

The causes of the October War in Israel can be traced to the political, economic, and strategic processes that occurred in the Middle East between 1967 and 1973. The papers compiled in this book were presented in the aftermath of the October War at an international colloquium held at Tel Aviv University.The growth 'and power of Middle East oil-producing countries, changes in inter-Arab relations, domestic policies, foreign policies, and strategic changes in the Middle East arena are analyzed and evaluated by American and Israeli scholars. American foreign policy, Soviet military doctrine, and Arab war aims are dealt with as well. The introduction which summarizes the discussion reflects the perspective of December 1974 from which the events of the years 1967-1973 were seen and evaluated.Contents and MIDDLE EAST AND THE GREAT POWERS William B. Quandt, Oded Eran, Rainer Biiren STRATEGIC ASPECTS Geoffrey Kemp, Yair Evron, Amnon Sela ECONOMIC ASPECTS Eliyahu Kanovsky, Eliezer Sheffer, Benjamin Shwadran SYRIA AND EGYPT Daniel Dishon, Shimon Shamir, Itamar Rabinovich THE PALESTINE PROBLEM Uriel Dann, Gabriel Ben Dor, Elie Rekhess, Asher Susser, Varda Ben Zvi PERIPHERAL STATES Haim Shaked, Esther Sourey Webman, Uriel Dann IRAN AND THE PERSIAN GULF Rouhollah J. Ramazani, Aryeh Shmuelevitz, Mordechai Abir

444 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

A new topic of study for me, what happened with the Arab countries after the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War. Although this book was a collection of various papers from various authors, I found the main point of view, the Arab outlook, fairly interesting. Even more interesting was the branch out beyond Jordan, Syria, and Egypt into other countries like Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, and Iran. Usually, all discussions regarding Israeli wars isolate the scene to Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and sometimes Iraq. I especially liked the discussion on how oil was used as a weapon during the embargo time periods. Very interesting book for a topic I love.