Syria and Israel : From War to Peacemaking: From War to Peacemaking

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Clarendon Press, 26. okt. 1995 - 292 sider
This is the first book to deal with the most crucial case of war and peace in the Middle East. Moshe Ma'oz examines the history of relations between Israel and Syria throughout the Middle Eastern conflict. Drawing upon a variety of original sources, the author discusses still little-known episodes in relations between the countries such as Syrian peace offers to Israel in the early 1950s and the mid-1970s; American and Soviet involvement; the role of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and the PLO; Israel's contribution to the aggravation of the conflict with Syria, and the new Syrian diplomatic strategy since 1988 and the peacemaking process after the Madrid conference (from late 1991). The book demonstrates the crucial importance of Syrian-Israeli relations for the strategic posture of both countries, for the fate of the Palestinian problem, and for the prospects of an overall Middle East Settlement.
 

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The Historical Setting Dialogue and Conflict between Two Nationalist Movements
1
The 1948 War Armistice and Peace Offers
16
A ZeroSum Conflict Domestic Regional and Global Factors
42
Israel Confronts the USSR the USA and the UAR
62
Bathist Extremism and Israeli Activism The Road to War
79
From War 1967 to War 1973
112
Asad vs Rabin
140
The Struggle over Lebanon and the Palestinians
161
Asads Strategic Design
183
Syria Israel and the Peace Process
201
Peace Negotiations
223
From War to Peace?
259
Bibliography
263
Index
273
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