Diary of the Sinai Campaign
Author: Moshe Dayan
Publisher: Greenwood-Heinemann Publishing
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13:
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The Suez-Sinai Crisis
Author: Moshe Shemesh
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-10-05
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 1135778639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive and balanced volume which juxtaposes the views of statesmen with those of military leaders that fought the war.
Key to the Sinai
Author: George Walter Gawrych
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn both the 1956 and 1967 wars, Abu Ageila was the main gateway to the Sinai for the Israel Defense Forces. Yet there were marked differences between Egyptian and Israeli war plans, preparations, operations, and results in the two battles for the area. In 1956, Israel carried the burden of a constricting alliance with Britain and France and faced other extensive military problems. The result was that Israel fought a difficult and costly battle for Abu Ageila. In contrast, in 1967, the Israel Defense Forces developed a brilliant operational plan and achieved effective unit command and control and attained a decisive victory.
Israel Journal
Author: Yaël Dayan
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2015-04-07
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1497698820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn honest and stark account of life on the battlefield during the Six-Day War When the historic Six-Day War breaks out in June 1967, Yaël Dayan finds herself on the front lines in the Sinai desert, fighting for her country. Dayan, a journalist, an author, and the daughter of the renowned Israeli general Moshe Dayan, a key military leader in Israel’s War of Independence two decades earlier, offers a female soldier’s unique perspective and observations on life during active combat. Dayan’s wartime journal entries chronicle her time spent in the desert campaign under the command of the legendary Arik Sharon, the battle against Egyptian forces, and the indelible effect these experiences had on her as both a soldier and a woman. As the author so aptly remarks in her diary, “Nothing will be the same now. I have looked at cessation of life, destruction of matter, sorrow of destroyers, agony of the victorious, and it had to leave a mark.” With raw truth and intensity, these snapshots capture the hardships of battle, the mournfulness of loss, and the harshness of war.
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (Updated and Expanded)
Author: Avi Shlaim
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2014-10-20
Total Pages: 874
ISBN-13: 0393351017
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Fascinating. . . . Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history.”—New York Times Book Review For this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added four chapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministerships from Barak to Netanyahu in the “one book everyone should read for a concise history of Israel’s relations with Arabs” (Independent). What was promulgated as an “iron-wall” strategy—building a position of unassailable strength— was meant to yield to a further stage where Israel would be strong enough to negotiate a satisfactory peace with its neighbors. The goal still remains elusive, if not even further away. This penetrating study brilliantly illuminates past progress and future prospects for peace in the Middle East.
The Sword And The Olive
Author: Martin Van Creveld
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2008-08-06
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 078672546X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCombining razor-sharp analysis with dramatic narrative, vivid portraits of soldiers and commanders with illuminating discussions of battle tactics and covert actions, The Sword and the Olive traces the history of the IDF from its beginnings in Palestine to today. The book also goes beyond chronology to wrestle with the political and ethical struggles that have shaped the IDF and the country it serves—struggles that are manifesting themselves in the recent tragic escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Often revisionist in attitude, surprising in many of its conclusions, this book casts new light on the struggle for peace in the Middle East.
Patterns of Conventional Warfighting under the Nuclear Umbrella
Author: Igor Davidzon
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-05-04
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 3030455947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores how nuclear weapons influence conventional warfighting, through three case studies of countries not party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Pakistan, India, and Israel. The author examines how decision makers choose a preferred pattern of war management, as well as how these choices affect conflicts, suggesting that nuclear weaponization constitutes a clear change in the relative power of countries. This distribution of power within the international system expands or reduces the selection of strategies or war management patterns available to members of the international community. However, historic traumatic events like military defeats, countries’ self-images, and images of enemies form the perceptions of decision makers regarding material power and change thereof, suggesting that choices of decision makers are not affected directly by changes in relative power relations, but rather through an intermediate level of strategic culture parameter.
Momentous Century
Author: Levi Soshuk
Publisher: Associated University Presses
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780845347485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive collection of personal accounts and eyewitness reports by and about significant personalities, as well as ordinary people and the events which led to the birth and growth of the State of Israel. these first-hand experiences and descriptions start in the mid 19th century. they tell of the beginnings of neighborhoods, cities, institutions, the day israel was born, aliya bet, mass immigration, and wars, and culminate with the signing of the peace treaty between egypt and israel. numerous black and white photographs supplement the personal stories.
The Iron Wall
Author: Avi Shlaim
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 708
ISBN-13: 9780393321128
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book helps to understand the debate within Israel about the possibility of peace with the Palestinians.
The Tribal Challenge
Author: Havatzelet Yahel
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2024-10-07
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 0253070821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on a wealth of ethnographic and historical sources, Havatzelet Yahel offers an engaging and sometimes surprising history of Israel's policy toward Bedouin tribalism in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The study opens with a detailed look at the 1940s and 1950s in the region, which shaped the relationship between Israel and the Bedouin, most notably Israel's effort to accommodate tribalism in collaboration with the sheikhs. The story then shifts to the next stage in Israel's policymaking under the Military Administration in the 1960s and early 1970s. Although various forces were at work to break down tribal life, especially the hardship of prolonged droughts, nevertheless the pro-tribal policy won out in the end. Today, Israel's policy toward the Bedouin focuses more on traditional tribal norms, rather than promoting democratic individuals values.
