The Yom Kippur WarDoubleday, 1974 - 514 עמודים This is the dramatic, fully-researched and definitive account of the war that almost destroyed Israel: the Yom Kippur War. Launched by Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and his primary ally, Syria's President Hafiz al-Asad, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the sudden attack took the Israeli Defense Force totally by surprise. Here you will discover how such a colossal intelligence blunder -- one that almost caused the destruction of Israel -- happened. It is a story of incredible courage and bravery of the soldiers on both sides, of the high-stakes diplomatic battles waged by the UN, the United States, and the Soviet Union, even as troops and pilots from Israel and the nine Arab states attacking it shed their blood on the desert sands. |
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PROLOGUE A Bunker by the Suez Canal | 1 |
A FAILURE OF DIPLOMACY | 13 |
The Unclosable Gap | 15 |
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46 קטעים אחרים שאינם מוצגים
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
agreed Air Force aircraft airlift ambassador American Arab armor artillery Asad assault attack Aviv Bar-Lev Line battle began Bitter Lake Brezhnev bridgehead brigade bunker Cairo cease-fire Chief of Staff commander crossing Damascus Dayan defense détente diplomatic Egypt Egyptian Elazar enemy fact Faisal fighting fire Foreign Minister front Golan Gonen guns headquarters Heikal Hussein infantry Ismail Israel Israeli Air Force Israeli military Israeli tanks Jewish Jordan Jordanian Kissinger Kissinger's Kuneitra later launched meeting Meir Meir's ment MEYERKE Middle East miles military intelligence missile mobilization Moscow Nasser Nixon October officers Palestinians peace political position President radar Rifai road Sadat Saudi Security Council settlement Sharon Shazli Shuki Sinai Six-Day War Soviet Union strike Suez Canal Sunday superpowers supplies Syrian Syrian tanks tactics talks target territory Third Army tion told troops Tuesday United victory wanted Washington weapons West Bank withdrawal Yom Kippur Yom Kippur War