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Author	Ginor, Isabella.
Title	Foxbats over Dimona : the Soviets' nuclear gamble in the Six-Day War / Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez.
Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	956.94 G	IN LIBRARY

Description	xi, 287 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.
Contents	Historiography as investigative journalism -- Threat or bluster -- Antecedents and motivations -- The nuclear context -- The spymaster and the communist: a disclosure in December 1965 -- A nuclear umbrella for Egypt -- Converging timelines: Syrian coup and party congress -- The "conqueror" and "victor" plans: Soviet signatures -- The naval and aerial buildup -- Mid-May: disinformation or directive? -- Escalation and denial: 14-26 May -- The Badran talks: restraining an ally -- Foxbats over Dimona -- Poised for a desant: 5 June -- Un-Finnished business: preemptive diplomacy -- Debates, delays, and ditherings: 6-8 June -- The liberty incident: Soviet fingerprints -- Offense becomes deterrence: 10 June -- Aftermath.
Subject	Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Diplomatic history.
	Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Causes.
	Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
	Israel -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
	Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
	Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
	Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries.
	Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Added Author	Remez, Gideon, 1946-
Added Title	Soviets' nuclear gamble in the Six-Day War
ISBN	9780300123173 (alk. paper)
	0300123175 (alk. paper)

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