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The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense

The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense Questioning the Legal Basis for Preventive War

Name: The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107610026
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Author: John Quigley
ISBN: 9781107610026

By John Quigley

Cambridge University Press February 2012

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ISBN-13: 9781107610026
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: February 2012
Format: Paperback , 280 pages
Jurisdiction: Israel, Saudi Arabia ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The war of June 1967 between Israel and Arab states was widely perceived as being forced on Israel to prevent the annihilation of its people by Arab armies hovering on its borders. Documents now declassified by key governments question this view. The UK, USSR, France and the USA all knew that the Arab states were not in attack mode and tried to dissuade Israel from attacking. In later years, this war was held up as a precedent allowing an attack on a state that is expected to attack. It has even been used to justify a pre-emptive assault on a state expected to attack well in the future. Given the lack of evidence that it was waged by Israel in anticipation of an attack by Arab states, the 1967 war can no longer serve as such a precedent. This book seeks to provide a corrective on the June 1967 war.

• Based on declassified documents not used by previous authors

• New analysis in this book renders obsolete books previously written about the Six-Day War

Preface	vii
Note on Official Documents	xi
Abbreviations	xv
Part One A War is Generated
1 Who Was to Blame and Why It Matters	3
2 The Syrian Connection	6
3 Egypt Flexes Its Muscle	15
4 Historical Opportunity for Israel	27
Part Two Cold War Togetherness
5 Britain Has a Plan	39
6 Southern Passage: Aqaba as Cause for War	46
7 “The Americans Will Not Sit Shiva”	59
8 How to Attack: “We Have to Be the Victims”	67
Part ThreeThe First Victim of War
9 Turkey Shoot	75
10 Cover-up in the Security Council	83
11 Security Council “in the Dark”	90
12 Cover-up in the General Assembly	101
Part Four Rallying Round Self-Defense
13 How to Read the Silence on Aggression	115
14 The Experts Fall in Line	120
15 No Threat? No Matter	128
Part Five War without Limit?
16 War by Mistake	141
17 Defending in Advance	149
18 A New Doctrine of Preventive War	162
Part Six Peace Sidelined
19 Permanent Takeover?	177
20 Blocking the Path to Peace	185
Notes	193
Bibliography	245
Index	257