
Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, "The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967-1973: The USSR's Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict" (Oxford UP, 2017)
New Books in Middle Eastern Studies
The Soviet Military Intervention in the War of Attrition
This chapter examines the Soviet Union's military involvement in Egypt during the War of Attrition from 1969 to 1970, emphasizing the strategic shift in the conflict due to Soviet air defense support. It challenges the narrative that Soviet assistance was merely reactive, highlighting the preemptive measures taken by the USSR to bolster Egyptian defenses against Israeli forces.
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