内容简介
This1977bookwasundertakenwiththepurposeofdeterminingthedegreeofSovietinvolvementintheMiddleEastcrisis,fromtheexpulsionoftheSovietadvisersfromEgyptin1972,throughtheplanningstageofthewarandthewaritself,uptothedisengagementagreementswhichinfactfinallybroughtthewartoaclose.DrGolanfirstinvestigatesSovietinterestsintheregion,particularlyinconnectionwiththeArab–Israeliconflict,andtherelationshipsoftheseregionalinterests-betheystrategic,political,economicorideological-toSovietglobalinterests.TherefollowsadetailedstudyofSovietpolicytowardstheMiddleEastcrisisasseenthroughSovietrelationswiththeArabstatesandthePalestinians,SovietpropagandatotheArabworld,Soviet–Americanrelations,SovietdomesticandinternationalproblemsrelatedtoMiddleEastpolicy,and,morespecifically,theSovietattitudetowardsasettlementoftheArab–Israeliconflict.