Jordan in the 1967 War

Samir A. Mutawi

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511563546

Jordan was the most deeply affected of all the Arab nations by Israel's victory in the 1967 war, in which huge tracts of Arab land, including the West Bank, Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights, came under Israel's control. Yet this is the first study to consider the war from the Jordanian perspective. It analyses the reasons for Jordan's unreserved and, to many, unexpected participation and provides a detailed description of the dramatic three days of war, including an analysis of the effects of Egyptian control of the Jordanian-Israeli border. Samir Mutawi's use of interviews with surviving Jordanian participants - politicians, military commanders, intelligence personnel and, most importantly, King Hussein - as well as Jordanian army records and books and memoirs in Arabic provides a new perspective on the war and on Jordan's position in the immediate post-war period.

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Acknowledgement
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Map 1 - The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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Map 2 - Operations on the Jordanian Front, 5–7 June 1967
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Map 3 - The Campaign in Jerusalem, 5–7 June 1967
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1 - The decision-making process in Jordan
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2 - The principles and practice of Jordanian foreign policy
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3 - Friends and enemies: Jordan in inter-Arab affairs
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4 - Samu
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5 - The gathering crisis
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6 - On the brink of war
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7 - The war
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8 - The war in perspective
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9 - The aftermath
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10 - Conclusion
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Appendix - Timetable for the movement of Iraqi forces to Jordan
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Biographical note
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xi

Acknowledgement
pp xi-xi

Map 1 - The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
pp xii-xii

Map 2 - Operations on the Jordanian Front, 5–7 June 1967
pp xiii-xiii

Map 3 - The Campaign in Jerusalem, 5–7 June 1967
pp xiv-xiv

1 - The decision-making process in Jordan
pp 1-18

2 - The principles and practice of Jordanian foreign policy
pp 19-45

3 - Friends and enemies: Jordan in inter-Arab affairs
pp 46-68

4 - Samu
pp 69-84

5 - The gathering crisis
pp 85-107

6 - On the brink of war
pp 108-121

7 - The war
pp 122-140

8 - The war in perspective
pp 141-162

9 - The aftermath
pp 163-180

10 - Conclusion
pp 181-185

Appendix - Timetable for the movement of Iraqi forces to Jordan
pp 186-186

Biographical note
pp 187-190

Notes
pp 191-212

Bibliography
pp 213-217

Index
pp 218-228

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