Six days of war : June 1967 and the making of the modern Middle East
(2002)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
956.046/OREN,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002
DESCRIPTION
xv, 446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0195151747, 9780195151749
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The context : Arabs, Israelis, and the great powers, 1948 to 1966 -- The catalysts : Samuʻ to Sinai -- The crisis : two weeks in May -- Countdown : May 31 to June 4 -- The war : Day one, June 5 -- Day two, June 6 -- Day three, June 7 -- Day four, June 8 -- Day five, June 9 -- Day six, June 10 -- Aftershocks : tallies, postmortems, and the old/new Middle East
Explores the lasting impact six days of intense Arab-Israeli fighting had on world politics, providing information on the conflict's major participants, its causes, and the tragic outcome