Who and what were the courses that made the west Asian crisis and war of June 1967 inevitable? What was the aftermath of the war? What is the proof peace possible? What are the various factors involved-historical, political, etc. - in the state of Israel and Arab hostility to it? These , and many other questions all sizzling with topicality and popular interest, are answered- in detail and with lucidity-in this book the , authors of which have both made an extensive study of the ever-interesting subject of West Asia. It thus becomes the book of the moment in many more senses than one.