Futile Diplomacy, Volume 3: The United Nations, the Great Powers and Middle East Peacemaking, 1948-1954This book, first published in 1997, provides a careful and balanced behind-the-scenes account of the intricate diplomatic activity of the period between the first and second Arab-Israeli wars. The author examines the recurring deadlocks in terms of the motives and calculations of the various parties, and reveals how new incentives of pressures offered by outsiders proved incapable of reversing the serious deterioration of Arab-Israeli relations as the region headed for war at Suez. The text of this volume comprises both an in-depth analysis of the period and events, and a selection of primary documents from archival sources. |
Contents
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Egypt and Israel at Rhodes | iii |
Prenegotiation | iv |
Manoeuvring at Lausanne | v |
The Final Stalemate | vi |
PCC Paris Conference Autumn 1951 | ix |
The Paris Conference and the Demise of PCC Mediation | x |
The United Nations and Direct Negotiations 19521953 | xi |
The United Nations Conference that Never Was 195354 | xii |
Conclusion | xxv |
Documents | xlv |
Notes | 1 |
Bibliography | 34 |
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