What are some good books on the situation of the Arab states during that period? I've been reading some books lately on the 6 day war but there's been a higher emphasis on the Israeli side of politics and less on the tension between the members of the Arab coalition. I would like to know more about how the war in Yemen, the stress between Syria and Egypt, and the influence of Iraqi troops in Jordan effected the way the war played out.
I've been reading some books lately on the 6 day war but there's been a higher emphasis on the Israeli side of politics and less on the tension between the members of the Arab coalition.
I can’t claim any particular expertise on this topic, but as a general point (and in case you don’t get a more extensive answer) one of the reasons for this is that the Israeli (and, where relevant, the American) archives are largely open and veterans are open to more or less say as they please, the Arab archives remain largely closed and their media environments far more restrictive.
It's very difficult to get into those types of subjects. The main reason for that is because, as CptBuck noted, Arab archives remain closed. Some historians I've spoken to are even skeptical that they have records of any use anymore, or that the records were well-kept to begin with. We're thus left with autobiographies, which can be quite self-serving in any situation, but particularly one where the war was such a resounding defeat for the Arab militaries of the time (autobiographies by generals, for example, typically tend to shift blame to others). Furthermore, many of these autobiographies fail to even get translated into English, imposing yet another barrier between them and the mainstream historical scholarship.
One of the most typical books to look at is Six Days of War by Michael Oren. However, if you'd like to look at an Arab perspective by a diplomat at the time (well, Egypt's Foreign Minister), I once tracked down a copy of Mahmoud Riad's The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East, which covers that time period somewhat. King Hussein of Jordan told his side of the story in this book, and Richard Parker's The Six Day War: A Retrospective may help you in a more overhead way to see the picture from different perspectives as well.
However, unfortunately, a lot of what you're looking for is simply hard to flesh out. There's not many books that can cover all of that with so little information and insight into the workings of Arab decision-making. It's still a topic being explored slowly and thoroughly.