![]() | The Limits to Power: Soviet Policy in the Middle East Subjects: Area Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; Middle East Studies; History; Military & Strategic Studies; International Politics; International Relations; Political Philosophy; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Political Behavior and Participation; European Politics; Middle East Politics; European History; World/ International History; Modern History 1750-1945; Contemporary History 1945-; Military & Naval History; The Cold War; Imperial & Colonial History; Diplomatic History; Military Studies; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Strategic Studies; Russian & Soviet Politics; Middle East Politics; Foreign Policy; Regionalism; Marxism & Communism; Conflict Resolution; War & Conflict Studies; The Limits to Power (1979) analyses the spectrum of Soviet interests and policies in the Middle East following the Yom Kippur War of October 1973: how the Soviets handled the oil question, military and economic aid, policy toward Egypt, Syria, Iraq, the Palestinian organisations - and toward Israel itself. The Soviet position in the Middle East in 1970 was as the dominant foreign power in the region, and this book examines the events and actions that resulted, under a decade later, in such a sharp reversal in Soviet fortunes. The ebb-and-flow of Soviet diplomacy, as it emerges from the wealth of official statements and press material, is examined in detail. Yaacov Ro'i |
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