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SUMMARY:American and British Intelligence and the Yom Kippur War of 1973 -
  Eoin Jennings (St. John's College)
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CONTACT:Ilya Berkovich
DESCRIPTION:The Yom Kippur War\, initiated by Egypt and Syria in a surpris
 e joint attack on 6 October 1973\, shattered the myth of Israeli invincibi
 lity and contributed to a new momentum for a US-backed peace in the Middle
  East. Yet\, given the scale of the Arab assault\, it is extraordinary tha
 t neither Israel nor her allies in Washington and London were prepared for
  war. Even 24 hours before the attack\, American intelligence was confiden
 t that no imminent threat to Israel existed. Nonetheless\, the failure to 
 foresee the coming of the Yom Kippur War had important consequences for Am
 erican and British policy with regard to Israel. This paper will seek to e
 xamine the nature of the intelligence failures in 1973\, and ask how Brita
 in\, the US and\, indeed\, Israel could have got it so wrong
LOCATION:Seminar Room F4\, Staircase F\, Old Court\, Peterhouse
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