1st Edition
The US, Israel, and Egypt Diplomacy in the Shadow of Attrition, 1969-70
Introduction
1. An Internal Shock: Egypt after the 1967 War
2. Nasser is Waiting for Nixon: First Attempts to Achieve an Accord
3. Why Are They Shooting?
4. A Table for Four: De Gaulle and the Multi-Power Diplomatic Initiatives to Resolve the Middle East Crisis
5. The Sisco-Dobrynin Talks: The Failure of the Effort to Draft a Joint Peace Plan
6. Downhill: The Failure of the October Initiative and the First Rogers Plan
7. The Day After: From Failed Peace Proposals to a Cease-Fire Initiative
8. "The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming!": The Soviet Involvement in the War of Attrition
9. The Second Rogers Plan: The Initiative to End the War of Attrition
10. Different Perspectives: The Violation of the Cease-Fire
Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Biography
Yehuda U. Blanga is a senior lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on the military and political involvement of the superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, in the Middle East and on Egyptian and Syrian policies (regime, military, and society).
