Reviewed in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs by David Sultan, former Israeli Ambassador to Egypt.
What was Gamal Abdel Nasser’s attitude toward Israel? Did it change as a result of his country’s stunning defeat in the Six-Day War? Was the Egyptian president willing to achieve a political settlement with Israel? Did Israel miss an opportunity to reach an agreement with Nasser? These are some of the questions with which historians and political commentators have been grappling for decades, while offering views that differ in terms of nuance, or more fundamentally, from the canonical version of events.
Read the full review in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs.
Michael Sharnoff, PhD 