{"product_id":"the-yom-kippur-war-the-epic-encounter-that-transformed-the-middle-east-paperback","title":"The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbraham Rabinovich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn updated edition that sheds new light on one of the most dramatic reversals of military fortune in modern history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe easing of Israeli military censorship after four decades has enabled Abraham Rabinovich to offer fresh insights into this fiercest of Israel-Arab conflicts. A surprise Arab attack on two fronts on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, with Israel's reserves un-mobilized, triggered apocalyptic visions in Israel, euphoria in the Arab world, and fraught debates on both sides. Rabinovich, who covered the war for \u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Post, \u003c\/i\u003e draws on extensive interviews and primary source material to shape his enthralling narrative. We learn of two Egyptian nationals, working separately for the Mossad, who supplied Israel with key information that helped change the course of the war; of Defense Minister Moshe Dayan's proposal for a nuclear \"demonstration\" to warn off the Arabs; and of Chief of Staff David Elazar's conclusion on the fifth day of battle that Israel could not win. Newly available transcripts enable us to follow the decision-making process in real time from the prime minister's office to commanders studying maps in the field. After almost overrunning the Golan Heights, the Syrian attack is broken in desperate battles. And as Israel regains its psychological balance, General Ariel Sharon leads a nighttime counterattack across the Suez Canal through a narrow hole in the Egyptian line -- the turning point of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli hostilities, Abraham Rabinovich, who reported the conflict for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. \u003cbr\u003eRabinovich's masterly narrative begins as Israel convinces itself there will be no war, while Egypt and Syria plot the two-front conflict. Then, on Yom Kippur, Saturday, October 6, 1973, we see Arab armies pouring across the shattered Bar-Lev Line in the Sinai and through the Golan defenses. Even the famed Israeli air force could not stop them. On the Golan alone, Syria sent 1,460 tanks against Israel's 177, and 115 artillery batteries against Israel's 11. And for the first time, footsoldiers wielding anti-tank weapons were able to stop tank charges, while surface-to-air missiles protected those troops from air attack \u003cbr\u003eRabinovich takes us into this inferno and into the inner sanctums of military and political decision making. He allows us to witness the dramatic turnaround that had the Syrians on the run by the following Wednesday and the great counterattack across the Suez Canal that, once begun, took international intervention to halt. \u003cbr\u003eUsing extensive interviews with both participants and observers, and with access to recently declassified materials, Rabinovich shows that the drama of the war lay not only in the battles but also in the apocalyptic visions it triggered in Israel, the hopes and fears it inspired in the Arab world, the heated conflicts on both sides about the conduct of the war, and the concurrent American face-off with the Soviets in Washington, D.C., Moscow, and the Mediterranean. A comprehensive account of one of the pivotal conflicts of the twentiethcentury. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABRAHAM RABINOVITCH, \u003c\/b\u003ea United States Army veteran, worked as a reporter for \u003ci\u003eNewsday \u003c\/i\u003ebefore joining \u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, among other periodicals\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of five previous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Battle for Jerusalem \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Boats of Cherbourg. \u003c\/i\u003eBorn in New York City, he lives in Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 8 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757624066336,"sku":"9780805211245","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5a08abccde839a4b2d542a25ca310c26.webp?v=1780107117","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-yom-kippur-war-the-epic-encounter-that-transformed-the-middle-east-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}