TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sorley,Lewis
TI  - Arms Transfers under Nixon: A Policy Analysis
T2  - Essays for the third century
SN  - 9780813149332
AV  - UA12 .A767 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Nixon, Richard M.
KW  - Military assistance, American
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Arms transfers
KW  - United States
KW  - 20 century
KW  - Nixon, Richard M
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1969-1974
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Inherited Situation; 2. The Nixon Foreign Policy; 3. Arms Transfer Policy and Mechanisms; 4. Middle East Policy Objectives; 5. Egypt as the Key; 6. Trying to Live with Israel; 7. Jordan and the Persian Gulf Mosaic; 8. NATO and West European Arms Transfers; 9. Latin America, Asia, and Africa; 10. Conclusion; Epilogue; Appendix: Arms Transfer Figures and Tables; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; 2; b
N2  - A model of policy analysis, Arms Transfers under Nixon provides a lucid and lively demonstration of how the Nixon administration combined skillful diplomacy and the adroit use of arms transfers to bring about a remarkable series of American foreign policy achievements. The Middle East provides the most dramatic example. Here, the Arab-Israeli military balance was stabilized, Egypt was persuaded and enabled to forsake its heavy dependence upon the Soviet Union, conditions favorable to peace negotiations were arranged, and important interim agreements were brokered by the United States.In the P
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