Reconstructing a shattered Egyptian Army : War Minister Gen. Mohamed Fawzi's Memoirs, 1967-1971 / edited by Youssef H. Aboul-Enein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aboul-Enein, Youssef H., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--Egypt--Biography.

Generals.

Egypt. Jaysh--History.

Egypt.

Fawzī, Muḥammad.

Fawzī, Muḥammad. Ḥarb al-thalat̃h sanawat̃, 1967/1970.

Egypt--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Central to CDR Youssef Aboul-Enein's career has been the mission to introduce America's military leaders to Arabic works of military significance. Just like American military leaders who had an obsession for all things Russian during the Cold War in order to understand the Soviets, the war on al-Qaida and the complex nuances of the Arab Spring demand a deeper comprehension of the Middle East from direct sources. The memoirs of General Mohamed Fawzi, Egyptian War Minister from 1967 to 1971, were first published in 1984, but his work has not ben translated and remains undiscovered by Engl

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Deep Structural Problems Leading to the 1967 Six-Day War Defeat; 2. The Impact of the Yemen Guerilla War on Egyptian Military Thinking; 3. Mistakes Made in the Preparation of Egyptian Combat Formations for the 1967 Six-Day War; 4. The Collapse of the Egyptian Armed Forces: The 1967 Six-Day War; 5. Challenges to Civil Authority; 6. Starting from Zero: The Initial Plans and Strategy to Rebuild the Egyptian Armed Forces after the Six-Day War

7. Plan Granite: Creating a Strategy Centered on the Suez Canal Zone and the Sinai Peninsula8. Formulating a GEneral Strategy for the War of Attrition; 9. Redesigning the Egyptian Armed Forces; 10. Overhauling th Egyptian Armed Forces: Strategy, Unity of Command, Civil-Military Authority, Drill, and the Need for Statutory Legislation; 11. Psychological Recovery, Artillery, Special Forces, and Respect for the Adversary; 12. Nasser's Conferences with His General Staff; 13. Egypt's Air Defense Problem and Egyptian Naval Capabilities; 14. Egyptian Special Forces Operations

15. Translating Soviet Military Aid into Egyptian Strategic Options16. Concluding Thoughts: Educating America's Future Military Leaders on Arab Strategic Thinking; Appendix 1: Recommended Reading; Appendix 2: Egyptian General Saad el-Din el-Shazly: Controversial Operational Thinker and Architect of the 1973 Yom Kippur War; Appendix 3: Egyptian General Abdel-Moneim Riad: The Creation of an Adaptive Military Thinker; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61251-459-6

OCLC:

879945783