Futile Diplomacy
Futile Diplomacy

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1135250251

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These two volumes provide a careful and balanced behind-the-scenes account of the intricate diplomatic activity of the period between the first and second Arab-Israeli wars. Exploiting a range of available archive sources as well as extensive secondary sources, they provide an authoritative analysis of the positions and strategies which the principal parties and the would-be mediators adopted in the elusive search for a stable peace. The author examines the recurring deadlocks in terms of the motives and calculations of the various parties, and reveals how new incentives of pressures offered by outsiders proved incapable of reversing the serious deterioration of Arab-Israeli relations as the region headed for war at Suez. The text of each volume comprises both analytical-historical chapters and a selection of primary documents from archival sources.

Futile Diplomacy, Volume 1
Futile Diplomacy, Volume 1

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1317441982

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Most students of the history of Arab-Jewish relations have come to take for granted the stubborn resistance of the continuing dispute to any form of lasting and ‘reasonable’ solution. This book, first published in 1983, examines early Arab-Zionist negotiating experience with the assumption that this has direct relevance to our understanding of the possible outcomes of diplomatic approaches to resolving the conflict. Its main purpose is to assemble (half of the book consists of original souce documents) and discuss some of the raw material which may help readers focus more clearly on the origins of the conflict, and perhaps to eliminate some recurring fallacies about its development and the prospects for its resolution. An examination of the period 1913 to 1931 reveals of wealth of previous negotiating experience which is today largely forgotten, and indicates that there was little or no movement of any of the parties in the direction of modifying its basic minimum demands and aspirations.

Futile Diplomacy, Volume 3
Futile Diplomacy, Volume 3

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1317441923

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This book, first published in 1997, provides a careful and balanced behind-the-scenes account of the intricate diplomatic activity of the period between the first and second Arab-Israeli wars. The author examines the recurring deadlocks in terms of the motives and calculations of the various parties, and reveals how new incentives of pressures offered by outsiders proved incapable of reversing the serious deterioration of Arab-Israeli relations as the region headed for war at Suez. The text of this volume comprises both an in-depth analysis of the period and events, and a selection of primary documents from archival sources.

Futile Diplomacy, Volume 4
Futile Diplomacy, Volume 4

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 1317441893

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This book, first published in 1997, focuses on the Anglo-American cooperation which began during the relatively uneventful years 1953 and 1954, and which led to a covert operation, code-named 'Alpha', which aimed – unsuccessfully – at convincing Egyptian and Israeli leaders to consider a settlement through secret negotiations. As with the other three volumes that make up Futile Diplomacy, this volume comprises Dr Caplan's expert in-depth analysis with a wealth of primary source documents, making this a key reference source in the study of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Futile Diplomacy, Volume 2
Futile Diplomacy, Volume 2

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 131744194X

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With half of this book, first published in 1986, being given over to Neil Caplan’s detailed analysis and half to the collection of the original documents, the second volume in Futile Diplomacy provides another essential resource for the understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In Arab-Zionist Negotiations and the End of the Mandate a key period in the negotiations between the two parties is examined, as attempts were made by both sides to reach a peaceful, negotiated settlement.

Futile Diplomacy - A History of Arab-Israeli Negotiations, 1913-56
Futile Diplomacy - A History of Arab-Israeli Negotiations, 1913-56

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 1562

ISBN-13: 1317444450

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These four volumes provide a careful and balanced behind-the-scenes account of the intricate diplomatic activity of the period between 1913 and 1956. Exploiting a range of available archive sources as well as extensive secondary sources, they provide an authoritative analysis of the positions and strategies which the principal parties and the would-be mediators adopted in the elusive search for a stable peace. The text of each volume comprises both analytical-historical chapters and a selection of primary documents from archival sources, providing an essential reference source for the student of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its long history.

Futile Diplomacy: Operation Alpha and the failure of Anglo-American coercive diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1954-1956
Futile Diplomacy: Operation Alpha and the failure of Anglo-American coercive diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1954-1956

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9780714647579

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These four volumes provide a careful and balanced behind-the-scenes account of the intricate diplomatic activity of the period between 1913 and 1956. Exploiting a range of available archive sources as well as extensive secondary sources, they provide an authoritative analysis of the positions and strategies which the principal parties and the would-be mediators adopted in the elusive search for a stable peace. The text of each volume comprises both analytical-historical chapters and a selection of primary documents from archival sources ...

Futile Diplomacy: The United Nations, the great powers, and Middle East peacemaking, 1948-1954
Futile Diplomacy: The United Nations, the great powers, and Middle East peacemaking, 1948-1954

Author: Neil Caplan

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9780714647562

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These four volumes provide a careful and balanced behind-the-scenes account of the intricate diplomatic activity of the period between 1913 and 1956. Exploiting a range of available archive sources as well as extensive secondary sources, they provide an authoritative analysis of the positions and strategies which the principal parties and the would-be mediators adopted in the elusive search for a stable peace. The text of each volume comprises both analytical-historical chapters and a selection of primary documents from archival sources ...

Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace
Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace

Author: Laura Zittrain Eisenberg

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1998-02-22

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780253113054

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"In an innovative study, two historians of the Arab-Israeli conflict reflect on what their craft can contribute to peacemaking." -- Middle East Quarterly "A fine overview of the troubled Arab-Israeli negotiations since Camp David, filled with sound analysis and a wealth of documentary material. Students and diplomats alike will benefit from this thoughtful study." -- William B. Quandt, Byrd Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia "This timely book... will be invaluable for students of Middle East international relations and for policy makers who seek a mutually acceptable resolution of this protracted conflict." -- Michael Brecher, McGill University "No matter where one stands on the issues, this valuable work commends itself to students, peace makers, and anyone concerned about the Arab-Israeli conflict and its peaceful resolution." -- Philip Mattar, Institute for Palestine Studies "... Eisenberg and Caplan offer the reader lessons of the past and sound guidance for the present and the future.... a well-researched and well-written book." -- Itamar Rabinovich, Tel-Aviv University What must change before the Arab-Israeli conflict is resolved diplomatically? By illuminating recurring factors that seem to doom peacemaking, Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace offers a fresh interpretation of how, when, and why the process does and does not work and points to diplomatic strategies that may produce an enduring peace.

Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace, Second Edition
Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace, Second Edition

Author: Laura Zittrain Eisenberg

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2010-07-14

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 0253004578

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Thoroughly updated and expanded, this new edition of Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace examines the history of recurrent efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict and identifies a pattern of negative negotiating behaviors that seem to repeatedly derail efforts to achieve peace. In a lively and accessible style, Laura Zittrain Eisenberg and Neil Caplan examine eight case studies of recent Arab-Israeli diplomatic encounters, from the Egyptian-Israeli peace of 1979 to the beginning of the Obama administration, in light of the historical record. By measuring contemporary diplomatic episodes against the pattern of counterproductive negotiating habits, this book makes possible a coherent comparison of over sixty years of Arab-Israeli negotiations and gives readers a framework with which to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of peace-making attempts, past, present, and future.