Uri Kaufman

Eighteen Days in October

The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"[Kaufman] tells the story brilliantly. Anyone interested in the Middle East or military history will appreciate Kaufman's work." -Senator Joseph I. Lieberman "Stimulating and insightful...will no doubt find a permanent place on the Arab-Israeli bookshelf." -Michael Oren, New York Times bestselling author of Six Days of War October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle." But, argues Uri Kaufman, from the perspective of a half century, the War can be seen as a pivotal victory for Israel. After nearly being routed, the Israeli Defense Force clawed its way back to threaten Cairo and Damascus. In the war's aftermath both sides had to accept unwelcome truths: Israel could no longer take military superiority for granted-but the Arabs could no longer hope to wipe Israel off the map. A straight line leads from the battlefields of 1973 to the Camp David Accords of 1978 and all the treaties since. Like Michael Oren's Six Days of War, this is the definitive account of a critical moment in history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781250281883
• ISBN-10: 1250281881
• Artikelnr.: 65345376

Autorenporträt

Uri Kaufman

Inhaltsangabe

Maps
Chapter 1: A Parade in Jerusalem
Chapter 2: "That Which was Taken by Force Will Be Returned by Force"
Chapter 3: The Wars Between the Wars
Chapter 4: Yesmanship: Peace and Its Process Chapter 5: To Prepare for the
War That Must Come
Chapter 6: The Angel and the Noise
Chapter 7: Judgment Day
Chapter 8: "The Third Temple is at Risk" Chapter 9: Syrians at the Gate
Chapter 10: Mikhdal: The Counterattack Chapter 11: Valleys of Tears
Chapter 12: Command and Control Chapter 13: Frenemies
Chapter 14: Never Call Surrender
Chapter 15: Armageddon on a Road Called Talisman Chapter 16: "We Will Cross
with What We Have" Chapter 17: The War of the Generals
Chapter 18: The Chinese Farm and the Men that Conquered it
Chapter 19: The Race to the Bridgehead
Chapter 20: Bridges
Chapter 21: Africa
Chapter 22: Embargo
Chapter 23: Defcon 3
Chapter 24: A Funeral in Jerusalem Acknowledgments
Notes
Index