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