The Yom Kippur War
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The Yom Kippur War

And the Airlift Strike That Saved Israel

  1. 348 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Yom Kippur War

And the Airlift Strike That Saved Israel

About this book

A vivid chronicle of the military and diplomatic crisis that exploded between Israel and a coalition of Arab states in October 1973.
The Yom Kippur War brought Arab and Jew into vicious conflict. A war in which Israel almost unleashed her nuclear arsenal and set two superpowers on a treacherous course of nuclear escalation. And a war that eventually brought peace. But a peace fraught with delicate tensions, disputed borders, and a legacy of further bloodshed.
This is a war that Israel never thought was possible. Surprised by the fury and excellent execution of the Arab onslaught, and perhaps more than a little complacent, Israel suddenly found itself on the point of losing a war because of a lack of ammunition, planes and tanks. The United States, after much vacillation, finally elected to help Israel, beginning a tremendous airlift (code name: Operation Nickel Grass) which incurred the wrath of the Arab states, and their sponsor, the Soviet Union.
Fortunately, the airlift came just in time for Israeli ground forces to stabilize their positions and eventually turn the tide in the Sinai and Golan Heights. And it was all made possible by an operation that dwarfed the Berlin Airlift and the Soviets' simultaneous efforts in Egypt and Syria.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction: The War Begins
  8. 1 Hubris and the October War
  9. 2 A New Kind of Arab Soldier
  10. 3 Black Monday
  11. 4 Arab Euphoria
  12. 5 Pushing the Red Line
  13. 6 Airlift and Breakout
  14. 7 Back Across the Canal
  15. 8 The Kremlin Turns to Kissinger
  16. 9 Seizing the Cease-Fire
  17. 10 Approaching Armageddon: The Nuclear Alert
  18. Epilogue
  19. Appendix: Born in Battle
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index