Swift sword; the historical record of Israel's victory, June, 1967 / by Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall USAR (Ret.) and the editors of American Heritage magazine and United Press International. With pictures by fifteen combat photographers including special coverage from United Press International and Magnum Photos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, S. L. A. (Samuel Lyman Atwood), 1900-1977

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

United Press International.

John Penman Wood Fund.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel-Arab War, 1967.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (partly color), maps, portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Published by American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. : Trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1967.

Contents:

Middle-East battleground

Foreword

Background to war

The air strike

The Sinai campaign

Jerusalem

The Northern front

Israel's citizen army

The Middle East: opposing forces

Chronology.

Notes:

"The staff for this book was as follows: Editor, Joseph L. Gardner; Art Director, John Conley; Capy Editor, Sandra L. Russell; Picture Editor, Laurie B. Platt ...."

"Maps by Herbert S. Borst."

"Endsheets: The remarkable color photograph of the ancient lands of the Middle East in which the fighting took place was taken from five hundred miles above the earth, from Gemini II. Boundaries and place names have been superimposed."

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

415096