About this title: 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, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780195151749ISBN:0195151747
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780195151749ISBN:0195151747
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Presidio Press, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780345461926ISBN:0345461924
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xv, 460 pp., illus., maps, biblio., index; 24 cm. With a New Afterword by the Author. Tight, clean copy. "Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. Michael B. Oren's magnificent Six Days of War, an internationally acclaimed ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002-06-06
ISBN-13:9780195151749ISBN:0195151747
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002-06-06
ISBN-13:9780195151749ISBN:0195151747
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Edition: Number Line 57986
Binding: Cloth Spine Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pres, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780195151749ISBN:0195151747
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Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Presidio Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780345461926ISBN:0345461924
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Binding: Cloth/boards
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780195151749ISBN:0195151747
Description: Tall octavo. xvi + 446 pages. Illustrated with 8 maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Margins of covers faded, else a very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket with a mylar cover. read more
"There is so much intrigue and politicing involved in the Middle East it is amazing. This book gives a pretty comprehensive yet accessible account of many of the personalities involved. I struggle to understand what life is like for both Arabs and Israelis where armed conflict is a constant threat and near-daily occurrence. Well worth reading."
"After 9-11 and during Enduring Freedom, the reading public fixated on a slew of books on terrorism, Islam, and the Middle East, producing some bestsellers that otherwise would not have received that status or, worse, did not deserve it in the first place. But Oren's excellent book richly deserved its bestseller status and, one hopes, would have been widely read had there not been high interest in 2002 (the war's thirty-fifth anniversary). Oren opens with the background to the conflict, particularly the 1948 and 1956 wars, whose conclusions left tensions at heightened levels, not to mention issues that were unresolved. Admittedly, this general treatment isn't overly exciting, but it is absolutely necessary to know the context, since so much of Middle East conflict is rooted in history (or perceptions of it), as much today as in 1967. It is also important to know the mindsets prevailing at the time: Israel's dual and paradoxical sense of invincibility and vulnerability and Egypt's desire to effect Arab greatness and unity. Moreover, Oren also explores the Cold War aspects of the conflict. The Arab world is frequently discussed as a Cold War battlefield, in which the United States and the Soviet Union jockeyed for power and in which nations, especially Egypt, tried to play both sides to its own advantage. The Suez Crisis of 1956 is usually adduced as an example of the Cold War in the Middle East, but too seldom is attention given to the Six Day War as part of the greater superpower conflict. Not a proxy war in the sense that Vietnam or Afghanistan were, the 1967 war nevertheless witnessed intense diplomatic activity and tension between the US and USSR, including the danger of war over Israel's accidental bombing of the USS Liberty. The Cold War provides part of the background for the war, as well as for the course it took, and Oren's perspectives are appreciated.
The meat of the book is devoted to a day-by-day, sometimes hour-by-hour, account of the war, from the events precipitating it through its conclusion in the Golan Heights in Syria. If the book's opening contextual section was slow (though interesting), the actual account of the war itself was, as one review had it, "seamless." Oren's narrative is exciting, gripping, riveting--indeed, hard to put down. We read of the war's opening on June 5, with the launching of the aerial attack on Egypt's air force (Israeli intelligence had pinpointed the exact location of many Egyptian aircraft and even knew the names of the pilots) and the accompanying uncertainty among Israel's leaders. We find Ariel Sharon leading the assault on Umm Qatef in Sinai. Oren takes us to the streets of Jerusalem, to the northern settlements under Syrian bombardment, to the halls of power in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
Oren's close focus on these halls--on individuals and their interactions--is a major strength of his work. Enigmatic Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan grabs for power in the Cabinet over indecisive (or moderating) Prime Minister Eshkol; Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin bears the weight of the planning, collapses, and emerges a hero. Gamal Nasser imagines himself the leader of the Arab world and seeks the honor of crushing the "Zionist entity," all while his Field Marshal `Amer creates incoherent and untenable military strategy and policy and feeds fabricated reports of Egyptian victories to Nasser and the public (to damaging effect, a mistake Syria would repeat). Jordan's King Hussein charts a potentially dangerous middle path, cooperating with Egypt in order to appease his people but trying to avoid a split with his supplier, the US. Oren's analysis of these men and their relationships are truly fascinating.
My one complaint about the book is the lack of attention it gives domestic politics. Oren does touch on the matter, particularly as it related to King Hussein and, to a lesser extent, Nasser. But Israel's domestic situation--except for a few mentions of its economy and of the lobbying for action by residents of settlements under Syrian bombardment--receives little substantive treatment. It would have been insightful, for example, to read what the Israeli people were saying about their leadership at the time and what, if any, constraints they were placing on their leaders. But this is a minor quibble with a book that is, ostensibly, military history. Oren's goal was to rise above his own prejudices and above the ideological warfare of other historians and produce a balanced account of the Six Day War. He has succeeded in crafting an even-handed and eminently readable chronicle of this important event."
"A little dry starting out but starts rolling quick enough. Gives you the background and then gets into the nitty gritty. Found it to be neither bias towards either side, though I always route for the underdog, provided he is a good guy."
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