Author simon dunston has written a superb historical account of the the arab israeli war of 1973. Start by marking the yom kippur war ballantines illustrated history of the violent century campaign book no. Whatever name you prefer, the 40th anniversary of the. Sep 18, 2007 author simon dunston has written a superb historical account of the the arab israeli war of 1973. Jan 04, 2016 yom kippur war 1973 golan heights front documentary duration. The history and legacy of the 1973 arabisraeli war and its impact on the middle east peace process looks at the last conventional war fought between the israelis and arabs, and the aftermath.
Better known as the yom kippur war, this 225 page book leaves no stone unturned. Israeli arabs could only meet their palestinian relatives at irregularly determined times in a square between the mandelbaum gate and its. The yom kippur war is easily the best and most complete general history of the conflict. Look for lessons of modern war by cordesman and wagner. The yom kippur war is also known as the october war. Egypt got and kept control over the suez canal and ismailia city. This volume examines the military strategy and issues that egyptian war planners faced during the 1973 yom kippur war. If 1967 was a classical study of preemptive offensive, then this war of 1973 can be considered how an air force ought to react to enemys initiative and offensive. Oct 06, 2016 at the outbreak of the war israels tanks were outnumbered 10.
The epic encounter that transformed the middle east abraham rabinovich, author. Though the israel defense forces idf eventually emerged as the clear victor in the war, it suffered serious reverses at the outset of hostilities, as well as substantial losses in men and equipment. What 1973 can tell us about todays economic crisis. The yom kippur war, ramadan war, or october war hebrew. Ships to continental united states from gefen books, lynbrook ny usually within 24 hours, everywhere else from israel within 37 business days.
The yom kippur war was a watershed moment in the history of the arabisraeli conflict. Jordanian soldiers would fire on tourists taking pictures of them. The sinai is the first in a twovolume study of the 1973 arabisraeli war and a departure from the campaign series normal aversion to modern topics in the last years and 126 volumes, the series has had only one other title on a post1945 campaign. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz. Simon dunstan offers a balanced analysis of the yom kippur war, describing the key battles and the forces involved and examining the outcome of the war how at national and international levels the war was a disaster from which israel has not recovered, as the nation became dependant on the usa for military, diplomatic and economic support. Looking through the prism of roberta wohlstetters and robert jerviss insights, the attack on yom kippur was a surprise because both american and israeli. Bard, the complete idiots guide to middle east conflict. The shock syrian attack caught the israelis by surprise and by the afternoon of 7 october a syrian brigade. Roi mandel, declassified documents reveal failures of yom kippur war, september 25, 2012. Cairo time 100,000 egyptian troops and 1,000 tanks engulfed israeli forces on the east bank of the suez canal while 35,000 syrian troops and 800 tanks broke through israeli positions on the golan heights. This is the dramatic, fullyresearched and definitive account of the war that almost destroyed israel.
There are a total of 19 yom kippur war tanks, vehicles, and artillery 1973 entries in the military factory. Oct 27, 2017 the yom kippur war is easily the best and most complete general history of the conflict. Oct, 2016 the yom kippur war came as a surprise to the egyptians as well, documents show. Ten minutes later shells began to rain down on israeli positions all along the golan heights the yom kippur war had begun. Israeli historysixday war, yom kippur war, settlements. The yom kippur war by abraham rabinovich overdrive rakuten. Of major interest is the relationship between the political and military leaders and how that affected the buildup and course of the conflict. The wars beginning was decided upon many months and weeks before it began and the date was a closelykept secret that foreign intelligence failed to crack. The attack by egypt and syria was a surprise to israel.
Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator. The arabisraeli war of october 1973 forms the hinge between these. The state of israel faced one of its most difficult challenges during the 1973 yom kippur war. Boyne chronicles with intense detail the brief but furious october 1973 invasion of israel by egypt and syria, an episode also known as the yom kippur war. The morning of the coordinated attack on israel, us assessments flipped from presuming war was not on the horizon to frantic attempts to. Cia documents reveal immediate leadup to yom kippur war.
Susan sontag and the yom kippur war in 1973, susan sontag travelled to postwar israel to film a documentary. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The impact of the yom kippiir war that erupted on october 6th, 1973, far outweighed its relatively short duration of twenty days of heavy fighting. Egypt lost almost the exact same number of troops as israel, and it is logical and normal for the attacker to loose more than the defend. As promised lands returns to the big screen, steve rose finds out how the movie holds. Liberated on june 6, 1974, after eight months of torture and imprisonment, one israeli prisoner of war reveals his dramatic personal account of the torture chambers in stock ships to continental united states from gefen books, lynbrook ny usually within 24 hours, everywhere else from israel within 37 business days.
In this video i get choked up as i explain how israel winning the yom kippur war, was nothing short of a miracle and a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. The easing of israeli military censorship after four decades has enabled abraham rabinovich to offer fresh insights into this fierc. On october 6th 1973, during the holiest of jewish holidays, egypt and syria launched a two front surprise attack on the nation of israel. Launched by egypts president anwar sadat and his primary ally, syrias president hafiz alasad, on yom kippur, the holiest day in the jewish calendar, the sudden attack took the israeli defense force totally by surprise. Susan sontag and the yom kippur war film the guardian. A case of deception and misperception before the 1973 yom kippur war, the united states failed to anticipate that egypt and syria would attack israel. The egyptiansyrian attack that started in the midst of the jewish peoples holiest day of the year. Apr 22, 2012 susan sontag and the yom kippur war in 1973, susan sontag travelled to post war israel to film a documentary.
Along with pictures and a bibliography, you will learn about the yom kippur war like never before. The shock syrian attack caught the israelis by surprise and by the afternoon of 7. Yom kippur war 1973 golan heights front documentary duration. The first covers the arab israeli wars from 1973 on, the second the iraniraq war, the third the falklands and afghanistan, and the fourth the first gulf war. Yom kippur war, also called the october war, the ramadan war, or the fourth arabisraeli war, damaging inconclusive war and the fourth of the arabisraeli wars. The yom kippur war was a watershed moment in the history of the arabisraeli conflict and the modern middle east more broadly.
As neither belligerent has released an official order of battle, this list remains incomplete for example, concerning brigades within divisions of the third army and largely conjectural. A few months before the yom kippur war, iraq transferred a squadron of hunter jets to egypt. During the war, an iraqi division of some 18,000 men and several hundred tanks was deployed in the central golan and participated in the october 16 attack against israeli positions. The yom kippur war is the most traumatic event in israels short, modern history. The morning of the coordinated attack on israel, us assessments flipped from presuming war was not on the horizon to. That was before before iraq, morocco, jordan and saudi arabia also sent tanks to drive israel into the sea. The october war of 1973 also known as the yom kippur war was a. Abraham rabinovichs the yom kippur war is a solid, essentially journalistic account of the 1973 war. Israel military historyyom kippur war 1973 israel military history. The yom kippur war came as a surprise to the egyptians as well, documents show. At the time of yom kippur, israel was led by golda meir and egypt by anwar sadat. At the outbreak of the war israels tanks were outnumbered 10.
John prigent, internet modeler november 2007 simon dunstans lavishly illustrated book, the yom kippur war, is an impressive summation of a threeweek conflict that shook israel to its foundations and paved the way for an enduring ceasefire on the golan and the 1979 peace treaty between israel and egypt. The washington post book world the best general history of the yom kippur war. Israeli fortifications of the october war 1973 fortress book 79. Yaakov lappin, declassified yom kippur papers reveal failures, jerusalem post, september 21, 2012. Naval historyas no one before, abraham rebinovich recounts the whole story of the 1973 yom kipur war, that most elusive round of the arabisraeli conflict. Taking this as a starting place, the author concentrates on how soviet military doctrinal changes presented. Once my friend yael, the daughter of moshe dayan, took me in the great mans absence, of course, since he was my enemy to his large collection of unread books and asked me to choose a book as a present. On the fortieth anniversary of the october 1973 war, this book provides the first. May 26, 2015 the yom kippur war of 1973, the most recent full war in middle east history, is socalled because it began on the day of atonement yom kippur, the holiest day of prayer and fasting in the jewish calendar. It marked the beginning of a usled peace process between israel and her arab neighbours. The yom kippur war began on october 6, 1973, when a coalition of arab forces launched a surprise strike on israel on yom kippur the holiest day of the jewish faith winds of war. Sep 12, 2009 this volume examines the military strategy and issues that egyptian war planners faced during the 1973 yom kippur war. At the end of the day, victory came from the most common reasons found elsewhere in military h. Rabinovichs book is brilliant, sweeping and insightful.
Jerusalem, ignored by the tel aviv elite, lay in a divided and sometimes quixotic state. Chronologically the next war for our study is the yom kippur war. An updated edition that sheds new light on one of the most dramatic reversals of military fortune in modern history. The yom kippur war, ramadan war or october war hebrew. The war began on 6 october 1973 when israel was celebrating the holy day of yom kippur and was over by the end of the month, with initial gains by the coalition of arab states quickly reversed.
Naval history as no one before, abraham rabinovich recounts the whole story of the 1973 yom kippur war, that most elusive round of the arabisraeli conflict. Unlike the six days war which was a text book example for planning and execution of a military campaign, in the 1973 everything went backwards at first. The middle east was the test lab of nato and warsaw pact weapons during the cold war. The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6, 1973, on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan, the month of fasting in islam, and it continued until october 26. The war fought between the forces of egypt and syria against israel from oct. Oct 06, 20 the war began on 6 october 1973 when israel was celebrating the holy day of yom kippur and was over by the end of the month, with initial gains by the coalition of arab states quickly reversed. Roy bubba segars, second from right, and jacob booby daube, far right, posing during the 1973 yom kippur war at the tel nof airbase in israel, june 28, 2017. Read the yom kippur war and the airlift strike that saved israel by walter j. Kissinger with golda meir, israels prime minister during the yom kippur war henry kissinger has always intrigued me. The yom kippur war began on october 6, 1973, when a coalition of arab forces launched a surprise strike on israel on yom kippur the holiest day. The yom kippur war by abraham rabinovich overdrive. Yom kippur war simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. At 45hrs on 6 october 1973, israeli spotters in the observation post atop mount hermon saw syrian gunners below them removing the camouflage nets from their guns.
I just finished the book the yom kippur war by abraham rabinovich, about the 1973 war that israel almost lost, then won, defeating egypt and syria, along with units from jordan, iraq and several other arab countries. On october 6th 1973, during the holiest of jewish holidays, egypt and syria. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary opera. Us pilots from vital yom kippur war mission reunite with. Jul 01, 2017 roy bubba segars, second from right, and jacob booby daube, far right, posing during the 1973 yom kippur war at the tel nof airbase in israel, june 28, 2017. As israelis were observing yom kippur, the egyptians and syrians launched their attacks. The kissinger deception in the yom kippur war veterans. A seamless, riveting narrative that is both compelling and intelligent. The yom kippur war elizabeth stephens examines how thirtyfive years ago this month the surprise invasion of israel by egypt and its allies started the process that led to camp david. As neither belligerent has released an official order of battle, this list remains incomplete for example, concerning brigades within divisions of the third army. The war began on the jewish day of repentance of yom kippur in 1973, and it happened during the muslim month of ramadan. This is the order of battle for operation badr, an egyptian military operation that initiated the yom kippur war against israel along the suez canal in the sinai on october 6, 1973. This was a case wherein israeli af had to stem the enemy advance on two fronts, each serious enough to threaten the existence of the state of israel itself. The yom kippur war also known as the ramadan war and the october war was a war between israel and a group of arab countries led by egypt and syria.
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