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100 1 $aIlan, Amitzur,$d1932-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88234676
245 14 $aThe origin of the Arab-Israeli arms race :$barms, embargo, military power and decision in the 1948 Palestine war /$cAmitzur Ilan.
260 $aWashington Square, N.Y. :$bNew York University Press,$c1996.
300 $axiii, 287 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-280) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Security Council's Arms Embargo of May 1948 and its Precursors --$g2.$tThe Warring Parties in Palestine at the End of May 1948 --$g3.$tThe United States, the War in Palestine and the Embargo, 1947-9 --$g4.$tBritain's Middle Eastern Policies and Military Aid, 1948-9 --$g5.$tAssistance from the Soviet Bloc to the Warring Parties in Palestine --$g6.$tOther Arms Sources to Palestine in the 1948 War --$g7.$tThe Value and Effect of the UN Supervision of the Embargo --$g8.$tConclusion.
520 $aOn May 29, 1948, two weeks after five regular Arab armies invaded Palestine in an attempt to erase the lately established Jewish state, the UN Security Council imposed an embargo, which banned the supply of arms, war materials, and other forms of military aid to the parties directly involved in the Palestine conflict. During the embargo the Arab-Israeli war was fought and decided, and the concluding armistice of 1949 between the rival parties marked a new era in the history of the Middle East.
520 8 $aWhat, Amitzur Ilan asks, was the link between the embargo and the conclusion of the war, and how did the concluding armistice mark a new era in the history of the Middle East? Employing a large number of Israeli, British, American, and Czech documents, Ilan concludes that a study of the relative strengths of the two sides at different junctures in the war must be determined not by the number of arms possessed but also by the actual utility of those arms.
650 0 $aIsrael-Arab War, 1948-1949$xDiplomatic history.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068711
650 0 $aArms race$zMiddle East$xHistory$y20th century.
852 00 $boff,glx$hDS126.92$i.I425 1996