 | Futile Diplomacy, Volume 4: Operation Alpha and the Failure of Anglo-American Coercive Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1954-1956 Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Middle East Studies; International Politics; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; International Relations; Middle East Culture; Middle East Economics; Middle East History; Middle East Politics; Middle East Society; Political Islam; Middle East Politics; Migration & Diaspora; Regionalism; Conflict Resolution; Peace Studies; Terrorism; War & Conflict Studies; This book, first published in 1997, focuses on the Anglo-American cooperation which began during the relatively uneventful years 1953 and 1954, and which led to a covert operation, code-named 'Alpha', which aimed - unsuccessfully - at convincing Egyptian and Israeli leaders to consider a settlement through secret negotiations. As with the other three volumes that make up Futile Diplomacy, this volume comprises Dr Caplan's expert in-depth analysis with a wealth of primary source documents, making this a key reference source in the study of the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
