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The Origin of the Arab-Israeli Arms Race

Arms, Embargo, Military Power and Decision in the 1948 Palestine War

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  • Dec 2013

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Authors:
  1. Amitzur Ilan

    1. Department of American Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Security Council’s Arms Embargo of May 1948 and its Precursors

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 15-24

  4. The Waning Parties in Palestine at the End of May 1948

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 25-108

  5. Britain’s Middle Eastern Policies and Military Aid, 1948–9

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 109-144

  6. Assistance from the Soviet Bloc to the Warring Parties in Palestine

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 145-180

  7. Other Arms Sources to Palestine in the 1948 War

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 181-200

  8. The Value and Effect of the UN Supervision of the Embargo

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 201-217

  9. Conclusion

    • Amitzur Ilan
    Pages 218-244

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 245-287
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A re-examination of the 1948 Palestine war. Defining four junctures in which this war was decided it checks the real, not formal, Orders of Battles on both sides at these junctures, and points out the immense impact the UN arms embargo had on the decline of the military capability of the Arabs and the Israelis, and at the same time depicts the relative advantage it created in Israel's favour. This study is based on research in American, British, Israeli, Arab and Czech military and diplomatic documents.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of American Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Amitzur Ilan

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