Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War : diplomacy, battle, and lessons /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodman, David (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Brighton ; Chicago ; Toronto : Sussex Academic Press 2017
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv3029jp6
Table of Contents:
  • The American-Israeli relationship
  • The Israeli-Jordanian relationship
  • Nuclear arms, deterrence, and compellence
  • Israeli combined arms warfare
  • Israeli resurgence on the Golan versus in the Sinai
  • Israeli airpower in the Six-Day and Yom Kippur Wars
  • The impact of American arms transfers to Israel
  • The American assessment
  • The Israeli response.