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Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East - Uri Kaufman August 29, 2023 PDF  BOOKS
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Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
Author: Uri Kaufman
Year: August 29, 2023
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 30 MB
Language: English

and "Pacy and enthralling. and " - Financial Times and "Tells the story brilliantly. and " -Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and "Stimulating and insightful...will no doubt find a permanent place on the Arab-Israeli bookshelf. and " -Michael Oren, New York Times bestselling author of Six Days of WarOctober 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9 11-style commission investigated the "debacle."But, argues Uri Kaufman, from the perspective of a half century, the War can be seen as a pivotal victory for Israel. After nearly being routed, the Israeli Defense Force clawed its way back to threaten Cairo and Damascus. In the war's aftermath both sides had to accept unwelcome Israel could no longer take military superiority for granted-but the Arabs could no longer hope to wipe Israel off the map. A straight line leads from the battlefields of 1973 to the Camp David Accords of 1978 and all the treaties since. Like Michael Oren's Six Days of War , this is the definitive account of a critical moment in history.

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