The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense: Questioning the Legal Basis for Preventive War

Part I. A War Is Generated: 1. Who was to blame and why it matters 2. The Syrian connection 3. Egypt flexes its muscle 4. Historical opportunity for Israel Part II. Cold War Togetherness: 5. Britain has a plan 6. Southern passage: Aqaba as cause for war 7. The Americans will not sit shiva 8. How to attack: we have to be the victims Part III. The First Victim of War: 9. Turkey shoot 10. Cover-up in the Security Council 11. Security Council in the dark 12. Cover-up in the General Assembly Part IV. Rallying Round Self-Defense: 13. How to read the silence on aggression 14. The experts fall in line 15. No threat? No matter Part V. War Without Limit?: 16. War by mistake 17. Defending in advance 18. A new doctrine of preventive war Part VI. Peace Sidelined: 19. Permanent takeover? 20. Blocking the path to peace.