1967 : Israel, the war, and the year that transformed the Middle East / Tom Segev ; translated by Jessica Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segev, Tom, 1945-

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Israel-Arab War, 1967.

Israel--Politics and government--20th century.

Israel.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

x, 673 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Nineteen hundred sixty seven

Nineteen sixty seven

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Books, 2007.

Summary:

From Israel's leading historian, a sweeping history of 1967--the war, what led up to it, what came after, and how it changed everything. Journalist Segev recounts the watershed year when six days of war reshaped the country and the entire region. Going far beyond a military account, Segev re-creates the crisis in Israel before 1967, showing how economic recession, a full grasp of the Holocaust's horrors, and the dire threats made by neighbor states combined to produce a climate of apocalypse. He depicts the country's bravado after its victory, an era of new possibilities and tragic missteps. He introduces Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Gamal Abdul Nasser, and Lyndon Johnson, and an epic cast of soldiers, lobbyists, refugees, and settlers. He reveals Israel's intimacy with the White House and the political rivalries that sabotaged any chance of peace. Above all, describing a series of disastrous miscalculations, he challenges the view that the war was inevitable.--From publisher description.

Contents:

I: Between Rishon Lezion and Manhattan

Sussita days

Other people

II: Between Israel and Palestine

Maps and dreams

The Syrian syndrome

III: The forty days of private Yehoshua Bar-Dayan

Three weeks to war: what does Nasser want?

Eleven days to war: Noa's father is waiting

Ten days to war: what does America want?

Nine days to war: a terrible situation

One week to war: the generals' revolt

Five days to war: the ouster

Three days to war: the devision

Day one

Day two

Day three

The final days

IV: They thought they had won

A new land

Victory albums

The enlightened occupation

Teddy's project

Face-to-face with Ishmael

The blunder

Hawks and doves

Starting over

Absalom days.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [587]-642) and index.

ISBN:

9780805070576

0805070575

OCLC:

76829050

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