The Yom Kippur War: Politics, Diplomacy, Legacy by Asaf Siniver

The Yom Kippur War: Politics, Diplomacy, Legacy by Asaf Siniver

By Asaf Siniver

The Yom Kippur warfare was once a watershed second within the historical past of the Arab-Israeli clash and the trendy heart East extra greatly. It marked the start of a US-led peace method among Israel and her Arab neighbours; it brought oil international relations as a brand new technique of leverage in overseas politics; and it affected irreversibly the improvement of the ecu group and the Palestinian fight for independence. in addition, the neighborhood order which emerged on the finish of the conflict remained mostly unchallenged for almost 4 a long time, until eventually the hot wave of democratic revolutions within the Arab global. The 40th anniversary of the Yom Kippur conflict offers a well timed chance to reconsider the foremost issues that emerged in the course of the conflict and in its aftermath, and the individuals to this e-book give you the first finished account of the family and foreign elements which educated the guidelines of Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, in addition to exterior actors ahead of, in the course of and after the struggle. as well as chapters at the superpowers, the ecu and the Palestinians, the booklet additionally bargains with the strategic issues of intelligence and political of the conflict on Israeli and Arab societies.

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Post-1967 Israel: an insecure David To the religious community, the new territorial acquisitions were nothing less than a miracle. 3 Many on both sides of the political spectrum argued that the territories offered an effective defence against future Arab aggression and provided the strategic depth required to ensure Israel’s security. 4 Prime Minister Levi Eshkol presided over a National Unity Government full of divergent positions on the future of the territories, both between and within the major political blocs, which made articulation of an official position on the matter immensely difficult.

41 This diplomatic element of the political failure has been dealt with at length in Nixon and Kissinger’s own memoirs,42 but like Meir and Dayan’s autobiographies, they were released very soon after the war itself and so provide little retrospective clarity. 43 The authors utilise recently declassified documents in the United States and Israel to suggest that Kissinger’s activities specifically catalysed the outbreak of war. 45 Although similar arguments have appeared in a great deal of October War historiography, thorough academic investigations of the role played by Nixon and Kissinger in the critical pre-war period (as opposed to the cease-fire, which has received disproportionate attention for its role in destabilising détente) are only beginning to surface.

41 This impression was heightened when, in July 1972, Sadat expelled Soviet military advisers and personnel from Egypt, thereby diminishing their war capabilities. Moreover, as a leader, Sadat was drastically underestimated. 43 However, due to the prevailing sense of military superiority, even many of the political and military establishment who agreed did not see this as an immediate cause for alarm. “The Concept”, surprise and decision-making Following the conclusion of the October War, the Agranat Commission of inquiry was established to investigate the intelligence failure and the preparedness of the country for war.

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