"The October 1973 Middle East War transformed the region's politics and had a huge impact on the international political system as a whole. For the 50th anniversary of the war, this book grapples with these issues in an objective way by using the mass of declassified material that has recently become available."-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction :The October 1973 Arab-Israeli War : looking back fifty years later / William B. Quandt -- Chapter 1. The October 1973 War : culmination of the failure of political analysis / Yigal Kipnis -- Chapter 2. Egypt's military effectiveness in the October War / Risa Brooks -- Chapter 3. A self-inflicted wound? Henry Kissinger and the ending of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War / Galen Jackson and Marc Trachtenberg -- Chapter 4. Syria and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War / Raymond Hinnebusch -- Chapter 5. The impact of the October 1973 War on the Palestinians / Khaled Elgindy -- Chapter 6. The Cold War and oil : paving the way to a US-led peace process / Jeremy Pressman -- Conclusion / Jerome Slater.