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Informationen zum Autor Richard B. Parker Klappentext WHY DO INTERNATIONAL Crisis seem to occur so often in the Middle East? Former U.S. diplomat Richard B. Parker presents three detailed studies of policy failures that he believes were precipitated by miscalculations on the part of diplomats and of government and military leaders in one or more Middle Eastern countries, the United States, and the former USSR. Zusammenfassung Why do international crises seem to occur so often in the Middle East? The author presents three detailed studies of policy failures that he believes were precipitated by miscalculations on the part of diplomats and of government and military leaders in one or more Middle Eastern countries, the United States, and the former USSR. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Part One The June War 1. The Soviet Warning 2. Moscow's Explanations 3. The Egyptian Recation 4. From Deterrence to Disaster 5. The American Role Part Two The War of Attrition 6. War and Nonwar 7. Misjudgment on the Nile Part Three The Israel-Lebanon Peace Agreement of 1983 8. The Israeli Invasion of 1982 9. The Negotiations 10. The Final Reckoning Conclusion Appendix Notes Annotated Bibliography Index
