The State of Israel faced one of its most difficult challenges
during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Though the Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) eventually emerged as the clear victor in the war, it
suffered serious reverses at the outset of hostilities, as well as
substantial losses in men and equipment. This book revisits the Yom
Kippur War by exploring a number of issues that have not previously
received the attention they deserve or that would benefit from a
fresh evaluation. Among the issues examined are: the
AmericanIsraeli and JordanianIsraeli relationships during the war;
the roles of Israeli nuclear weapons and airpower; the IDFs
practice of combined arms warfare; the reasons why the IDF turned
the tide of the war more quickly on the Golan front than on the
Sinai front; the impact of American arms transfers; and the lessons
derived from the war by the United States Army and the IDF. This
book, which relies heavily on government documents and other
primary sources of information, fills important descriptive and
analytical gaps in the academic literature about the Yom Kippur
War. No other book compares to it in respect of content and
interpretation. It is, in short, essential reading for all scholars
interested in the diplomatic and military dimensions of the war.
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