Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B Oren
In 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition led by Egypt in the Six Day War, Israel not only preserved its existence but redrew the map of the region, with fateful consequences. The Camp David Accords, the assassinations of Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak Rabin, the intifada, and the current troubled peace negotiations--all of these trace their origins to the Six Day War.Michael Oren's Six Days of War is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic and important episodes in the history of the Middle East. With exhaustive research in primary sources--including Soviet, Jordanian, and Syrian files not previously available--he has reconstructed the tension-filled background and the dramatic military events of the conflict, drawing the threads together in a riveting narrative, enlivened by crisp characters sketches of major characters (many of whom, from Ariel Sharon to Yasser Arafat, are still leading figures today). Most important, Oren has unearthed some dramatic new findings. He has discovered that a top-secret Egyptian plan to invade Israel and wipe out its army and nuclear reactor came within hours of implementation. He also reveals how the superpowers narrowly avoided a nuclear showdown over the Eastern Mediterranean and how a military coup in Israel almost occurred on the eve of the war.
This admirable book is likely to be the last word on the six-day war for a long time * The Sunday Times June 2002 *
the most detailed, the most comprehensive and by far the best-documented history that we have on this short but fateful war * The Guardian *
most comprehensive history yet.. Six Days of War scores highly in telling an extremely complicated story within a narrative which despite being loaded with a crushing volume of research reads at times like the breeziest blockbuster... Oren's narrative is at its most gripping during the day-by-day account of the war * Financial Times *
the most detailed, the most comprehensive and by far the best-documented history that we have on this short but fateful war * The Guardian *
most comprehensive history yet.. Six Days of War scores highly in telling an extremely complicated story within a narrative which despite being loaded with a crushing volume of research reads at times like the breeziest blockbuster... Oren's narrative is at its most gripping during the day-by-day account of the war * Financial Times *
Michael Oren, currently a Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, is a Princeton-trained scholar who has taught Middle Eastern history in the U.S. and in Israel. In addition to serving as director of the Israeli government's Department of Inter-Religious Affairs, Oren was also advisor to the Israeli Delegation to the United Nations.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195151749 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195151747 |
| Title | Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East |
| Author | Michael B Oren |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2002-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Prizes | Winner of National Jewish Book Award (Book of the Year) 2002, Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (History) 2002 |
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