1st Edition
Soviet Involvement In The Middle East Policy Formulation, 19661973
By Ilana Kass
Copyright 1978
273 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
273 Pages
by
Routledge
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Using a systematic comparative analysis of the Soviet press organs' attitudes toward a specific issue, liana Kass examines Soviet foreign policy formulation and the activities of policy-relevant groups in the stages preceding and following the formal adoption of decisions. Soviet involvement in the Middle East in the crucial period 1966–1973 is used as a case study; it was assumed that an issue... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- At the Crossroads -- The Syrian Coup d’Etat of February 1966 -- The Lingering Debate -- Divergences Intensify within the Framework of Involvement -- Debate over Problems of Conflict and Settlement -- Doctrine versus Pragmatism -- Convergence and Polarization within the Soviet Leadership -- From Involvement to Commitment -- The Trade Union Organ -- Epilogue -- Divergences between Institutions or within Institutions? -- Toward A New Model of Soviet Decision Making
Biography
Ilana Kass is an analyst with the Soviet and East European Research Center of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and a research fellow at the Davis Institute of International Relations. Dr. Kass is editor of a bimonthly bulletin on the Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and her articles on the Soviet Union and the Middle East have appeared in Soviet Union, Ost Europa, and Soviet Studies.
