This 1977 book was undertaken with the purpose of determining the degree
of Soviet involvement in the Middle East crisis, from the expulsion of
the Soviet advisers from Egypt in 1972, through the planning stage of
the war and the war itself, up to the disengagement agreements which in
fact finally brought the war to a close. Dr Golan first investigates
Soviet interests in the region, particularly in connection with the
Arab-Israeli conflict, and the relationships of these regional
interests - be they strategic, political, economic or ideological - to
Soviet global interests. There follows a detailed study of Soviet policy
towards the Middle East crisis as seen through Soviet relations with the
Arab states and the Palestinians, Soviet propaganda to the Arab world,
Soviet-American relations, Soviet domestic and international problems
related to Middle East policy, and, more specifically, the Soviet
attitude towards a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict.