The revolution in Iran, the American hostage crisis and the Soviet inter vention in Afghanistan had made it necessary for the United States to take steps to protect its interests in that region. The security of the oil supply routes through the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea was vital to the West and Japan. The Iran-Iraq war made it even more important to act to safeguard western se…
The history of the Middle East since World War I is a recapitulation of blunders blunders which caused and prolonged the turmoil and bloodshed of the past 60 years, blunders by the great powers, by the Arabs and the Jews. The Sinai Blunder deals with the events that led to a disastrous Arab defeat in 1967, left Israel in occupation of Arab lands, and started yet another cycle of violence and ar…