Syria and Israel: From War to Peacemaking

by Moshe Ma'oz

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198280187
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/28/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.81(h) x 0.86(d)
Lexile:	1830L (what's this?)

About the Author

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Editorial Reviews

"[The book] accurately and fully portrays the Syrian component of the often tempestuous Syrian-Isreali relationship. The book is thoroughly researched, and in the process new data have been uncovered from Israeli sources."—Journal of Paelstine Studies

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