Comparison of the 1956 War to 1967 War
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QUESTION: How do you explain Nasser’s triumph in the 1956 Suez conflict in contrast to his devastating loss in the 1967 War? Explain what had changed for Nasser to make the outcomes of each war so different.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Write 600 words at least to answer this question. It should be posted as a “Word” file. Read over the directions for writing your essays provided on the first page of the syllabus to make sure that you are clear about what is necessary to do well on this essay. Make sure to use footnotes and to add a “List of Sources” at the end of your essay. Use quotes where appropriate and cite the main arguments from each reading in your work. Make sure to respond to each part of the question.
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- Citations: Use footnotes, or what is called the “Notes and Bibliography” form of citation for your references (not the internal: “author date” style common in the social sciences). The first citation of a work should be complete and subsequent citations abbreviated. Read about how to use this form of citation at Quick Guide of the Chicago Manual of Style. Learn how to use footnotes (not endnotes on “Word.”
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Your list of sources and subtitles, do not count towards the 600 words.Make sure to cite lesson materials in essay as well as reference them on List of sources to ensure an A. All other sources must be correctly cited in Chicago style.
LESSON MATERIALS
Geoffrey Wawro, Quicksand: Chaps 7, 8, 9 pp. 229-328 [99 pages]
Bickerton&Klausner, A History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict. Chaps 6, 7, 8. [45 pages]
Bruce Riedel, Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR. pp. 27-56. [28]
Philip Weiss, “Jimmy Carter believed he lost a second term because he opposed settlements, alienating Jews — Eizenstat,” February 7, 2019.https://mondoweiss.net/2019/02/settlements-alienated-eizenstat/
Documentary: [90 minutes] Six days in June, by IlanZiv about the Israeli-Arab Six days war in 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSkchepSHxw&ab_channel=DocumentaryFR3AK
Geoffrey Wawro, Quicksand: Chap 5, 6 & 7, pp. 153-228. [75]
Bickerton&Klausner, A History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict. Chap. 5
“The Suez crisis of 50 years ago marked the end of an era, and the start of another, for Europe, America and the Middle East,” The Economist, July 27th 2006.http://mideastresources.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-suez-crisis-end-of-era-for-europe.html
Watch this 57 minute BBC documentary about Suez – https://mymedia.ou.edu/media/BBC+-+The+Other+Side+of+Suez.mp4/1_q0ndb60q
Recommended:
Roland Nikles, “Why a false understanding of the ‘Six Day War’ still matters,” June 17, 2014 Mondoweiss Blog http://mondoweiss.net/2014/06/understanding-still-matters.html
Israel Palestinian Conflict: The Truth About the West Bank – by Danny Ayalon, Uploaded on Jul 19, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc9imoJWgPI
The REAL truth about Palestine in response to Danny Ayalon, Youtube video, Nov 6, 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBYkBqY1-LM&feature=youtu.be
MikoPeled, “Six days in Israel,” June 6, 2012, LA Times. http://mideastresources.blogspot.com/2012/06/six-days-in-israel-by-miko-peled-2012.html
Jeffrey Goldberg, “Did Israel Actually Lose the 1967 War?” November 18, 2011 in the New York Times.http://mideastresources.blogspot.com/2011/11/did-israel-actually-lose-1967-war-by.html
Shay Fogelman,The Palestinian state of Ishmael, as envisioned by RehavamZe’evi,” 15.10.2010 in Haaretz, ff. 5. http://mideastresources.blogspot.com/2010/10/palestinian-state-of-ishmael-as.html
“Myths & Facts Online – an Israeli viewpoint: The 1967 Six-Day War,” Jewish Virtual Library, By Mitchell G. Bard. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf6.html
“The 1967 War and the Israeli Occupation,” a Palestinian viewpoint. http://www.allaboutpalestine.com/yabbse/index.php/topic,395.0.html
Raymond Close, “The Mideast linkage factor” 1973 http://tinyurl.com/yl6z6w
Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, “Time to Lay the 1973 Oil Embargo to Rest,” October 17, 2003.http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/time-lay-1973-oil-embargo-rest
Lizette Alvarez, “Britain Says U.S. Planned to Seize Oil in ’73 Crisis,” New York Times, January 2, 2004. http://tinyurl.com/ycmnga
Jimmy Carter, “colonization of Palestine precludes peace,” Council on Foreign Relations, Friday, March 10, 2006. http://www.haaretz.com/colonization-of-palestine-precludes-peace-1.182915
William B. Quandt, “Reflections on Camp David at 40,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Winter 2019. The 1978 agreement was more than anyone could have hoped for, yet it’s still costing us peace. https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/reflections-on-camp-david-at-40/
Documentary [6 minutes long]: The 1973 October/Yom Kippur War was a war fought by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. Report by: KevorkAlmassianhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIrzNqa_bPE&ab_channel=SyrianaAnalysis
