1st Edition

War and Intervention in Lebanon (Routledge Revivals) The Israeli-Syrian Deterrence Dialogue

By Yair Evron Copyright 1987
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Despite the bitter conflict that divided Jerusalem and Damascus, a fascinating process of indirect – through the United States – and tacit understandings emerged with regard to Lebanon in the 1970s. This derived largely from the Israeli deterrence posture which held in check Syrian military involvement in Lebanon. This book, first published in 1987, traces the development of the Israeli and... Read more

Preface; Introduction; 1. The Lebanese Civil War 1975 – 76: A Brief Account 2. Syria and Israel in Lebanon: Interests, Policies and Deterrence Dialogue 3. From War to Crisis: Israel and Syria in Lebanon 1977 – 81 4. The 1982 War 5. The Outcome of the War: A Reversal in the Israeli-Syrian Power Equation in Lebanon 6. The Israeli-Syrian Deterrence Equation; Sources; Index

Biography

Yair Evron