The Politics of Miscalculation in the Middle East

by Richard B. Parker

Book Overview

Why do international crises seem to occur so often in the Middle East? Former U.S. diplomat Richard B. Parker presents three detailed studies of policy failures that he believes were precipitated by miscalculations on the part of diplomats and of government and military leaders in one or more Middle Eastern countries, the United States, and the former USSR. They are the Soviet-Egyptian miscalculation leading to the June 1967 war between Israel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253207819
• ISBN13: 9780253207814
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher