Inside the Kremlin During the Yom Kippur War

Victor Israelyan provides a rare, firsthand account of Soviet decision-making in Inside the Kremlin During the Yom Kippur War, Volume 1. As a senior official in the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Israelyan was part of a specialized task force attending Politburo meetings during the 1973 Israel-Arab war. This historical non-fiction work details the intense diplomatic maneuvering between the Soviet Union and the United States that prevented the conflict from escalating into a nuclear confrontation. Through personal memoirs and saved documents, the author chronicles the day-by-day activities of Kremlin leaders as they navigated the Middle East crisis.

This scholarly study of foreign relations offers intimate portraits of key figures like Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, and Yuri Andropov. By utilizing previously unreleased correspondence, including letters from Richard Nixon, the text provides a critical perspective on the geopolitical tensions of the era. Inside the Kremlin During the Yom Kippur War, Volume 1 serves as a vital resource for understanding Soviet policy and the complex dynamics of the Cold War.