Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Map of the Six-Day War vii
4. Preface viii
5. Introduction: From the Local to the Global 1
6. 1. The Article 13
7. 2. The Baath in Power, 1963–66 23
8. 3. Playing the Israel Card 33
9. 4. The Spy Who Came Back from the Cold 44
10. 5. The Corruption of the Revolution 55
11. 6. Sliding into War 72
12. 7. The Phone Call 86
13. 8. Defying Israel’s Founding Father 96
14. 9. Expanding Israel’s Borders 106
15. 10. Confronting Syria 118
16. 11. The Self-Inflicted Recession 126
17. 12. Rabin’s Schlieffen Plan 145
18. 13. From Yemen to Texas 161
19. 14. A Short Tether 176
20. 15. Arming the Middle East 187
21. 16. Secret Liaisons 193
22. 17. Abba Eban’s Tin Ear 201
23. 18. One Soviet Foreign Policy or Two? 218
24. 19. Restraining Damascus, Disciplining Cairo 227
25. 20. A Soviet Hall of Mirrors 243
26. 21. A Very Israeli Putsch? 256
27. 22. Last Days 277
28. Conclusion: Six Days and After 285
29. Endnotes 314
30. Select Bibliography 351
31. Illustration Credits 355
32. Index 356