An |sraeli Ambassador's account of the longest and most tense period in Israeli-Soviet diplomatic relations, from their renewal in 1953 to their severance in 1967. His work analyses the era from the month preceding Stalin's death to the weeks following the Six Day War - one of severance, resumption and then severance again- along two parallel processes.

Presents a study which sets out the crystallisation of Arab strategy to reveal conclusions different from previous scholarly and political and military assessments. This book deals with issues such as the relevance of the Filastin problem as key to understanding the descent to war, the Syrian water struggle as a motivating factor, and others.