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842930
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Caplan, Neil
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Operation alpha and the failure of Anglo-American coercive diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1954-1956 /\ Neil Caplan.
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| Publication Statement
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London [England] ;New York, New York :: Routledge,, 2015.
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, ©1997
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| Series Statement
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Futile Diplomacy ;; Volume 4
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1 online resource (439 pages) :: illustrations.
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1315695081
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: 9781315695082
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9781138905252
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Contents; Documents; Preface; Abbreviations; Illustrations; Introduction; Part One: The Background of Anglo-American Co-operation, 1948-54; I Anglo-American Support for Bilateral and United Nations Peace Efforts; Dynamics of Anglo-American Co-operation; Support for Bilateral Negotiations; Support for United Nations Initiatives; II The Two-Pronged Approach; 'A Gradual Process of Education' of the Arabs to Accept Israel; Pressure on Israel for Gestures and Concessions.
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Dulles' 'Bombshell Surprise', 21 November 1955Not Another Munich: Israel Sets Out its Position; A New Israeli 'Peace Offensive?; Finessing US-Israeli Differences; Between Optimism and Pessimism; XI Arms and Alpha: The Israeli Connection; Hesitations Regarding Israel's Arms Requests; Lake Kinneret Raid; Arms as Carrots for Negotiations; Arms and the Anderson Mission; A Brief Assessment; XII Alpha's Last Chance: The Anderson Mission; Preparing for American Mediation; Anderson's Mission: Mandate and Expectations; First Meetings in Cairo; First Meetings in Israel; Return to Cairo.
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III Nibbling at the Edges: The Failure of Conflict ManagementThe Tripartite Declaration; Diplomatic Representations in Support of UNTSO; Anglo-American Proposals for Reducing Frontier Tensions; Starting a Chain of Confidence-Building Measures; From the 'Edges' Back to the Core Issues; IV Attempts at Conflict Resolution; Calls for a 'Positive Policy' -- A Settlement by Compulsion?; American and British Plans for a Comprehensive Settlement; Convergence of British and American Thinking; Part Two: The Best Laid Plans; V Preparing Alpha; British Good Offices Offered; Looking for an Arab Opening.
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Keeping the Israelis ReassuredFrom Co-operation to Collaboration: Formulation of Anglo-American Terms of Settlement; VI First Approaches; Eden and Nasir: First Hints of Alpha; Setbacks: Baghdad pact and Gaza Raid; Byroade, Fawzi and Nasir: Early Probings; London and Paris Meetings: Fine-Tuning the Negev Proposals; Factoring in Israel: Security Treaty versus Arab-Israeli Settlement; Part Three: Stumbling from Obstacle to Obstacle; VII From Secret Sounding to Public Pronouncements: The Dulles Statement, August 1955; The Waiting Game, April -- August 1955; Dulles' Decision to Go Public.
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The Dulles StatementAftermath; VIII Arms and Alpha: The Arab Connection; Western Arms and Aid for the Arabs; Soviet Arms for Egypt: The End of the Tripartite Monopoly; Sharett's Hat-in-Hand Diplomacy: Paris and Geneva; Fears of an Israeli Pre-emptive Strike; New Moves to Court Nasir; IX Eden's Guildhall Speech, November 1955; Guildhall Speech: Seeking a Compromise between 1947 and the Status Quo; Arab Reactions; The Israeli Reaction; Mahmud Fawzi: Principles behind the Egyptian Position; X Showdown with Sharett; Build-Up to a Confrontation between the US and Israel.
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Arab-Israeli conflict-- 1948-1967.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.94052
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DS119.7.C375 2015eb
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