Description
Looking at the political, military and intelligence components of the Yom Kippur War, this work offers interpretations of Israel's conflict with the Arabs. The contributors, Israeli academics, some involved in the war, make a contribution to the understanding of this part of Israel's history.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Revisiting the Yom Kippur War: Introduction, P.R. KUMARASWAMY; Chapter 2 Israel's 1973 Intelligence Failure, URIBAR-JOSEPH; Chapter 3 The 1973 Arab War Coalition: Aims, Coherence, and Gain-Distribution, AVRAHAM SELA; Chapter 4 Operational Limitations of Reserve Forces: The Lessons of the 1973 War, STUART A. COHEN; Chapter 5 The Yom Kippur War: Diplomacy of War and Peace; Chapter 6 The Soviet Union and the Yom Kippur War, GALIA GOLAN; Chapter 7 From Crisis to Change: The Israeli Political Elites and the 1973 War, GABRIEL SHEFFER; Chapter 8 The Domestic Fallout of the Yom Kippur War, SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF; Chapter 9 Perception, Image Formation and Coping in the Pre-Crisis Stage of the Yom Kippur War, GABRIELLA HEICHAL; Chapter 10 The Air Force and the Yom Kippur War: New Lessons, SHMUEL L.GORDON; Chapter 11 Abstract Index;
