K niektorým aspektom arabsko-izraelskej vojny v októbri 1973

Some Aspects of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War

Autor: SORBY Karol R.

SORBY, Karol R.: K niektorým aspektom arabsko-izraelskej vojny v októbri 1973

SORBY, Karol R.: Some Aspects of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

Vojenská história, 19, 1, 2015, pp. 81-98.

Perhaps the most important international legacy of the October War was the changing nature of third-party diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli conflict and the rise of the United States as the principal and indispensable intermediary in the ensuing peace process. The 1967 Six Day War turned the conflict into an arena of superpower competition by proxy, with the USA supporting pro-Western countries such as Israel and Jordan, whilst the “radical” regimes of Egypt and Syria were backed by the USSR. The October War changed irrevocably environment of multi-party mediation where the UN played a role in ArabIsraeli diplomacy. By the end of the war the USA emerged as the ubiquitous intermediary in the conflict, a position which it retains to this day. This transformation is solely attributed to Henry Kissinger’s grand strategy during the war, which was designed, firstly to enable Israel to win the war whilst preventing another humiliating defeat on the battlefield for the Arabs. Kissinger’s directing of American foreign policy during the war also aimed at alleviating the threat of a lasting Arab oil embargo by creating the conditions for Arab-Israeli negotiations after the war, and the relegating of the Soviets to the sidelines of Middle East diplomacy by making the USA the only acceptable mediator to both Israelis and Arabs.

Keywords: Military History. Middle East. October 1973 Arab-Israeli War.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2015.19.1.5

Ročník: 19 | Číslo: 1/2015 | Stránky: 81-98