The Yom Kippur War : the epic encounter that transformed the Middle East by Rabinovich, Abraham instant download

The Yom Kippur War : the epic encounter that transformed the Middle East by Rabinovich, Abraham instant download

xvi, 543 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm, Examines the prelude to the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the start of hostilities, the campaigns and battlefields, the war's dramatic conclusion, and the long-term implications of the conflict on the history of the Middle East, Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-534) and index, Footprints in the sand -- The man in the peasant robe -- Dovecote -- Badr -- Illusions -- Summer lull -- A royal visit -- Sword from the scabbard -- Countdown -- Yom Kippur morning -- The crossing -- The humbling of the tank -- Mobilization -- Syrian breakthrough -- Darkest at dawn -- The fall of the southern Golan -- The beanstalk -- The battle for Nafakh -- Cut off -- Hand on the tiller -- Failed counterattack -- Bomb Damascus -- Touching bottom -- Golan counterattack -- Iraqi intervention -- Powers that be -- Israel seeks a cease-fire -- Decision to cross -- Stouthearted men -- The Chinese farm -- The bridges -- Crossing into Africa -- Breakout -- Kissinger to the fore -- Cease-fire -- Suez City -- Nuclear alert -- Aftermath