The Soviet-Israeli War, 1967–1973. The USSR’s Military Intervention in the Egyptian-Israeli Conflict

INDEX

Bergman, Ronen (Israeli journalist), 148
Bergus, Donald (US diplomat), 156–7,
180, 190, 216–7, 233, 235
Berlin, Germany, 33, 81, 228, 237, 253
Bezhevets, Aleksandr (Soviet pilot), 20,
195, 215, 223–5, 228–30, 252–4, 262,
271
Bin-Nun, Avihu (IAF officer), 163, 183
Bir Arida airbase, Eg ypt, 175, 417n14
Bir Gafgafa. See Refidim
Black Sea Fleet. See Soviet military
formations
Bokovikov, E. (Soviet general), 357
Bondarchuk, Nikolay (Soviet airman), 242
Borba (Yugoslav party organ), 20
Borshchev, Nikolay (Soviet pilot), 224–5
Boshnyak, Yury (Soviet SAM commander),
196, 277
Boumedienne, Houari (Algerian presi-
dent), 10
Bovin, Aleksandr (Brezhnev speechwriter),
360
Bregman, Aharon (Israeli/British histo-
rian), 148
Brandt, Willy (West German Chancellor),
452n27
Brezhnev, Leonid (secretary general), xxii,
48, 250, 360, 456n30; and advisers 43,
53; and bilateral Middle East negotia-
tions, 291; and contacts with Israel, 237,
249, 293, 306, 313, 318; determines ME
policy, xviii, 3, 5–9, 12–3, 15, 19, 301;
and Eg yptian leaders, 26–7, 73–4, 97,
126, 132–3, 143–4, 146, 148, 151, 250,
256, 260–1, 268, 306, 310; and Moscow
summit, 240, 260–1, 263, 266; and
Palestinians, 186, 420n19, 425n38; and
San Clemente summit, 285, 293–4, 305,
312, 316–20; and Soviet intervention,
25–7, 33, 121, 133, 149, 152, 154,
161–2, 359, 409n51–60; and Soviet
power structure, xviii, 14, 15–6, 237,

294, 316, 389n31; and withdrawal from

Eg ypt, 219, 240, 247–8, 252, 260, 263,

267, 284, 288, 291, 293–4, 445–6n11,

453n30; and Yom Kippur War, 330,

333, 336, 349, 351–3, 356, 454n49,

465n28

Brog, Dave (USAF officer), 182, 203

Brown, George (British foreign secretary),

412n2

Brutents, Karen (CPSU official), 151

Bryantsev, Nikolay (Soviet SAM officer),

344–5, 463n50

Budapest, Hungary, 6–7, 12, 19, 25–6, 33,

353

Bulganin, Nikolay (Soviet premier), 67

Bulgaria, 20, 49, 321, 325, 373–4n26,

462n29

Bulloch, John (British reporter), 227,

297–8, 428n18, 440n38

Bundy, McGeorge (US official), 9

Bykov, Robert (GRU operative), 342

Cable, James (British naval historian), xvii,

30, 37

Cairo International Airport, 5, 8, 48

Cairo-West (Eg yptian airbase), 5, 8, 12, 18,

41, 47, 60–1, 74, 81, 137–8, 142, 157,

225–6, 258, 348, 367n6, 400n15,

404n22

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 5, 9,

16, 18, 25, 33, 40, 55–6, 68, 71, 121,

149, 155, 164, 186–7, 200–1, 234–5,

256–7, 267, 276, 279–80, 283–4,

288–9, 294, 308, 321–3, 327, 332, 354,

369n38, 386n49, 432n5, 454n51,

457n51

Centurion(Israeli tank), 343, 463n41

Chazov, Evgeny (Soviet physician), 73–4,

125–34, 175, 319, 320, 417n15,

456n30

“Cherbourg boats,” 58, 141–2, 150, 167

Chernobay, Grigory (Soviet naval officer),

215