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Russia and the Arabs : behind the scenes in the Middle East from the Cold War to the present
Title:
Russia and the Arabs : behind the scenes in the Middle East from the Cold War to the present
Author:
Primakov, E. M. (Evgeniĭ Maksimovich).
Uniform Title:
Konfident͡sialʹno. English
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
x, 418 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The nationalist revolutionaries -- A failed chance for Arab-Israeli relations -- The inevitable confrontation with the west -- National interests take precedence over Arab unity -- The Soviet Union and the Arab world: a difficult path to closer ties -- The lost cause of Communism -- America steps forward -- The beginning and end of the six-day war -- USA: tactics in the new Middle East -- Hidden pressures behind the Yom Kippur War of 1973 -- The making of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty -- Lebanon in the eye of a storm -- A return to a harder line -- The Arafat phenomenon -- The Soviet Union and Israel -- The phenomenon that was Saddam Hussein -- The sage of the Kurds -- A nuclear shadow over the Arab-Israeli conflict -- The future of the Middle East.
ISBN:
9780465004751
Format :
Book