Inside Israel's Northern Command : the Yom Kippur War on the Syrian Border / edited by Dani Asher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Asher, Daniel, Dr., editor.

JSTOR (Organization).

Class of 1953 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel-Arab War, 1973--Regimental histories.

Israel-Arab War, 1973.

Israel-Arab War, 1973--Campaigns--Syria.

Israel-Arab War, 1973--Decision making.

Israel-Arab War, 1973--Syria.

Decision making.

Regimental histories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : maps

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

On October 6, 1973, Israel's Northern Command was surprised by the thunder of cannon fire and the sight of dense, black smoke. A Syrian force of 1,400 tanks supported by artillery and air power had attacked from the north while the Egyptian military invaded the Sinai Peninsula in the south. Although Israel ultimately prevailed, the Yom Kippur War (or Ramadan War, as it is known in Arab countries) shattered the illusion of Israel's invincibility. Inside Israel' Northern Command offers a definitive history of the northern theatre of this key conflict. Led Israel's foremost scholar of the war, Dani Asher, the contributors-Major General Yitzhak Hofi, Major General Uri Simchoni, Brigadier General Avraham Bar David, and Colonel Hagai Mann-all held key positions during the fighting. Together, they offer fresh insight into the pivotal battles that changes the course of the war as well as the disastrous effects of a flawed postwar evaluation that adversely affected the careers of several high-ranking intelligence officials and the course of defense strategic planning thereafter. Featuring rare lists of the official citations of soldiers who were decorated for their performance in combat, this seminal study contributes significantly to our understanding of this troubled region. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Preparation for War

Chapter 1 Syria Wants War 39

Chapter 2 Kachol Lavan (Blue and White) Alert 55

Chapter 3 Operational Planning 61

Chapter 4 Preparations: Regular Service Forces-Air-Armored Corps 69

Chapter 5 The Final Road to War 77

Part II From Desperate Holding to an Offensive Towards Damascus

Chapter 6 Halting the Syrian Attack 127

Chapter 7 The Fall of the Hermon Outpost 175

Chapter 8 Defensive-The Morning of October 7 to the Morning of October 8 187

Chapter 9 The Attempt to Capture the Hermon on October 8 223

Soldiers Decorated in the Holding Battle 239

Chapter 10 The Syrian Army-From Penetration to the Depths of the Golan Heights to the Delay in the Eastern Defensive Alignments 287

Chapter 11 The Counterattack, October 8-10 293

Chapter 12 The Breakthrough into Syrian Territory October 11-12 341

Chapter 13 The Breakthrough, the Threat on Damascus, and the battles against the Expeditionary Forces 391

Chapter 14 Operation Kinuach (Dessert) Recapturing the Herman 427

Soldiers Decorated in the Breakthrough Phase 479

Part III Operating the Command System at War

Chapter 15 General Staff Branch 511

Chapter 16 Intelligence 523

Chapter 17 Artillery 537

Chapter 18 Field Engineering 565

Chapter 19 Air force 575

Chapter 20 Logistics 601

Chapter 21 Ordnance 625

Chapter 22 Medical Corps 631

Chapter 23 Military Police 641

Chapter 24 Adjutant Branch 647

Chapter 25 Signal Control and Communications 651

Soldiers Decorated among the Firepower and Combat Support Alignments 659.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 16, 2016).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9780813167657

0813167655

9780813167664

0813167663

Publisher Number:

99966148267

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