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100 1 $aIsraėli︠a︡n, Viktor Levonovich,$d1919-2005.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081474
245 10 $aOn the battlefields of the Cold War :$ba Soviet ambassador's confession /$cVictor Israelyan ; foreword by Melvin A. Goodman ; translation edited and revised by Stephen Pearl.
260 $aUniversity Park :$bPennsylvania State University Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axvii, 414 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"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.
651 0 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$y1945-1991.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125760
650 0 $aWorld politics$y1945-1989.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148225
650 0 $aCold War.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005637
600 10 $aIsraėli︠a︡n, Viktor Levonovich,$d1919-2005.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081474
852 00 $bglx$hDK282$i.I84 2003