Intercultural communication between Israel and Egypt: deterrence failure before the Six-Day War

@article{Cohen1988InterculturalCB,  title={Intercultural communication between Israel and Egypt: deterrence failure before the Six-Day War},  author={Raymond Cohen},  journal={Review of International Studies},  year={1988},  volume={14},  pages={1 - 16},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143951224}}
Can cultural differences between states affect the chances of success of deterrence strategy? If so, what differences are relevant and how do they influence outcomes? The following paper seeks to suggest some answers to these questions in the context of a discussion of the crisis that preceded the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. 

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