The Yom Kippur War: The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 pdf

Autore, regista e fotografo affermato, Simon Dunstan ha scritto più di 50 libri di storia militare, in particolare sulla seconda guerra mondiale e sul Vietnam. Ha anche scritto e diretto numerosi documentari di storia militare per History Channel.

The Yom Kippur War: The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 pdf da Simon Dunstan

On October 6, 1973, simultaneous attacks on two fronts caught Israel by surprise, on the holiest day of the Jewish year. With Israeli forcxes caught unprepared, the Egyptian crossing of the Suez Canal, and the Syrian attack on the Golan Heights were both initially successful. The following month saw desperate fighting as the Israeli forces slowly drove the invading armies back. It took two UN ceasefires, and the threat of Soviet intervention before the Israeli forces came to a halt. 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. Illustrated with full-color artwork, photographs and detailed maps, this book provides an insight into the hostilities that enveloped the Middle East, the aftereffects of which are still seen today.