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2.3.2 Historical Context

The historical context surrounding the novel The Sum of All Fears, gathered a lot of events

and tensions that happened in the world during the late 20th century.

The October War of 1973 also known as the Yom Kippur War, with which Tom Clancy

started the story—initiated by Egypt and Syria, aiming to challenge the Israel military and to

involve the United States in negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict between Egypt and Israel

and implement a peaceful solution. Egypt wanted to regain control of its territory lost to previous

conflicts with Israel. Egyptian forces achieved a successful attack across the Suez Canal, achieving

a notable breakthrough known as “The Crossing”, but did not go further, leading Israel to

counterattack as a response to the breakthrough across the Suez Canal and push them further from

the territory. The conflict resulted in oil ceasing, a decision made by several members of Arab Oil

production Organization (OPAEC) against Israel and the United States, leading the U.S. to seek a

peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israel conflict. (Cleveland 364-366).

The Palestine-Israel conflict was a major topic discussed in the novel by Tom Clancy. After

the 1948-1949 civil war, and the departure of Arabs from Palestine over one million of them

became refugees by 1968, living in temporary camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza due to

the 1967 Six-day War Palestinians hoped to return to their homeland but Israel occupied the Golan

Heights from Syria, the West Bank from Jordan, and the Gaza Strip and Peninsula from Egypt.

Now Israel was occupying the Palestinian territories, including all of Jerusalem and its holy sites.

Most of them lived in a poor condition state relying on UNRWA. Some found opportunities in

other countries seeking for better situation. Still, many of them faced harsh restrictions on

employment and freedom in varied host countries, fearing Israel revenge, prohibiting them from

the formation of political activities. The refugees were living in camps in the Gaza Strip and the

West Bank, the position they were in significantly contributed to shaping Palestinian identity and

served as a source of recruitment for the Liberation movement (Cleveland 346-348).

Towards the end of the 1980s, Palestinian anger and despair culminated with the Intifada,

an Arabic term for “the Uprising” started in December 1987. It was initially marked by nonviolent

protests and economic boycotts, then soon escalated into a violent confrontation, met with

significant military Israeli response. The beginning of the Intifada resulted in the deaths of several

hundred thousand Palestinians (The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Brief, Simple History, 2016)….