Index
Abbas, Mahmud (Palestinian leader),
425–6n38
Abramov, Boris (Soviet staff officer), 124,
153, 214, 253–4, 271
Abu Ghazala, Abdel Halim (Eg yptian
general), 54
Abu Suweir airbase, Eg ypt 244
Abu Zaabal, Eg ypt, 144, 167
Adan, Avraham (Israeli general), 111
Afanas’ev, Pavel (Soviet adviser), 41, 54, 62,
75, 109, 112
Afghanistan, xiii, 360; Soviet veterans of,
xxv, 338
A–4 Skyhawk (Israeli aircraft), 23, 41, 117,
119, 121, 122, 131, 138, 145,
158,n170–1, 175, 191–2, 193, 206,
404n24, 407n11, 421n14
Agranat Commission (Israel), xiii, xxii, 25,
56, 71, 111, 138, 251, 309, 322, 324,
328, 333–4
Ahiqar, Eyal (IAF pilot), 250
Akhbar al-Yawm (Eg yptian newspaper),
267
Akhtyubinsk (USSR test facility), 224
Akimenkov, Aleksandr (Soviet pilot),
190–194
Akopov, Pavel (Soviet diplomat), 12, 215,
219, 221–2, 270, 316, 329–31, 340
Al-Ahram (Eg yptian newspaper), 41, 46,
114, 133, 146, 158, 176, 180, 244, 267,
276, 306
Al-Akhbar (Eg yptian newspaper), 267, 269
Al-Jarida (Lebanese newspaper), 127–8
Algeria, 8, 10, 39, 61, 286, 327
Alexandria, Eg ypt, 8, 24, 28–9, 74, 82, 126,
130, 137, 140, 143, 155, 168, 199, 208,
213, 277–9, 285, 315, 317, 321–3, 332,
342; naval base 20, 24, 28–9, 31, 40,
58–9, 81–2, 121, 140–1, 143, 145,
158–9, 216, 225, 261, 279, 286
Ali, Ahmed Ismail (Eg yptian General). See
Ismail, Ahmed
Ali, Hassan Kamel (Eg yptian official), 116
Alizadeh, Zardusht (Soviet interpreter),
139
Allen, Robert (US official), 102, 407–8n26
Allon, Yigal (Israeli minister), 82, 87, 96,
105, 159
Almog, Avraham (IDF officer), 110
Almog, Ze’ev (Israeli navy commander),
401n28
Alsop, Joseph (US journalist), 217, 245,
302
Amer, Abdel Hakim (Eg yptian com-
mander-in-chief ), 15–6, 35
Ametist, Starbright (Soviet naval missile),
439n35
Amit, Me’ir (Israeli general and Mossad
chief ), 45, 60
An- (Antonov), Soviet transport aircraft:
An–12, 6, 11, 60, 135–7, 225, 348
An–22, 225, 271, 277–8, 348, 353
Anderson, Jack (US columnist), 404n14
Anderson, Norman (US official), 435n5