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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Israėli︠a︡n, Viktor Levonovich, 1919- Inside the Kremlin during the Yom Kippur War. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1995 (OCoLC)604250665 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Viktor Levonovich Israėli︠a︡n |
| ISBN: | 027101489X 9780271014890 |
| OCLC Number: | 32311978 |
| Description: | xix, 238 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | On the eve of war -- Searching for an early cease-fire -- "We have to help our Arab brothers" -- Kosygin's visit to Cairo -- Kissinger in Moscow -- The escalation -- The de-escalation. |
| Responsibility: | Victor Israelyan ; foreword by Alvin Z. Rubinstein. |
Abstract:
"Victor Israelyan was a senior ambassador in the Soviet Foreign Ministry when the armies of Egypt and Syria invaded Israeli-occupied territory on October 6, 1973. Critical to the outcome of this conflict were the Soviet Union and the United States, whose diplomatic maneuverings behind the scenes eventually ended what came to be known as the Yom Kippur War. During the crisis, however, tensions between the superpowers nearly escalated into nuclear war. Israelyan is the first Soviet official to give us a firsthand account of what actually happened inside the Kremlin during these three important weeks in 1973." "Israelyan's account is a fascinating mixture of memoir, anecdotes, and historical reporting. As a member of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's staff, he was assigned to a four-man task force that attended the many Politburo meetings held during the war. The job of this task force was to take notes and prepare drafts of letters and other documents for the Politburo. In remarkable detail, made possible by his sharp memory and the notes and documents he saved, Israelyan chronicles the day-by-day activities of Kremlin leaders as they confronted the crisis. For the first time we can see how the cumbersome Soviet policymaking mechanism, headed by the Politburo, functioned in a tense international situation."--BOOK JACKET.
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