Why This War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donna Robinson Divine (Smith College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 523-543 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800024685 |
| OpenAlex | W2318558472 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The course of events in the Middle East since 6 October 1973 has been as surprising and as unexpected as the very events of that day. In retrospect, of course, the surprises of that day have been depreciated and obscured by journalists, scholars, and politicians who have begun to treat the outbreak of the war as part of a chain of natural developments initiated in June 1967, or in May 1948, or in 1897 depending upon their historical bent. But hindsight notwithstanding, no one expected war to break out in the Middle East in 1973. For this reason, the decision to launch a war against Israel must be examined for what it was: a complex calculation encompassing not one or two but a broad range of considerations. The decision to go to war is never a commonplace decision, nor is it one taken lightly or made naturally – not even in the Middle East. Rather, it is a complex phenomenon whose threads must be unraveled in order to be understood
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economics · Epistemology · Hindsight bias · Middle East · Natural (archaeology · Natural phenomenon · Order (exchange · Phenomenon · Political science · Spanish Civil War · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |