Diplomacy of Quasi-Alliances in the Middle East : Translated from the Chinese

Sun, Degang 1977- (author.). Zhang, Dandan. (Added Author).

Summary: Quasi-alliance refers to the ideation, mechanism and behavior of policy-makers to carry out security cooperation through informal political and security arrangements. As a ""gray zone"" between alliance and neutrality, quasi-alliance is a hidden national security statecraft. Based on declassified archives and secondary sources, this book probes the theory and practice of quasi-alliances in the Middle East. Four cases are chosen to test the hypotheses of quasi-alliance: Anglo-French-Israeli quasi-alliance during the Suez Canal War of 1956; US-Saudi quasi-alliance during the Johnson administrati

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ISBN: 3959940742
ISBN: 9783959940740
ISBN: 3959940734
ISBN: 9783959940733
Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 pages)
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Publisher: Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2020.

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General Note:	English
Formatted Contents Note:	7 A Gulf Bridgehead: US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance During the Johnson Administration -- The Formation of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- The Management of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- The Efficacy of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- The Vitality of the US-Saudi Quasi-Alliance -- Summary -- 8 A Fortress in the Sand: Soviet-Egypt Quasi-Alliance During the Sadat Administration -- The Formation of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- The Management of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- The Efficacy of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- The Termination of the Soviet-Egyptian Quasi-Alliance -- Summary
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 22, 2020). Print version record.