At the decisive point in the Sinai : generalship in the Yom Kippur War / General Jacob Even, IDF (ret.), and Colonel Simcha B. Maoz, IDF (ret.). ; translated by Simcha B. Maoz and Moshe Tlamim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Even, Jacob, author.

Maoz, Simcha B., author, translator.

Contributor:

Tlamim, Moshe, translator.

Series:

Foreign military studies (Lexington, Ky.)

Foreign Military Studies

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Israel-Arab War, 1973--Egypt--Suez.

Israel-Arab War, 1973.

Command of troops.

Israel--History, Military--20th century.

Israel.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yisrael.

Sharon, Ariel--Military leadership.

Sharon, Ariel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2017.

Summary:

The Yom Kippur War pitted Israel against Syria in the north and Egypt in the south in October 1973. Caught by surprise and surrounded by enemies, Israel relied on the flexibility and creative thinking of its senior field commanders. After Israeli forces halted the Egyptian troops on the Sinai Peninsula, Major General Ariel Sharon seized the opportunity to counterattack. He split the Egyptian army and cut off its supply lines in a maneuver known as Operation Stouthearted Men. Sharon's audacious, controversial decision defied his superiors and produced a major victory, which many believe helped win the war for Israel. This book is a firsthand account of the Yom Kippur War's most intense engagement by key leaders in Sharon's division.

Contents:

Intro

Half title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

List of Abbreviations

Authors' Note

1. The Order and the Division: From Call-Up to Assembly

2. The IDF's "Day of Infamy"

3. The Twice-Blessed Day: The Events of Tuesday, October 9

4. On the Defensive, October 10-14

5. The Egyptian Attack, October 14

6. The Crossing Battle, Part 1: Preliminaries

7. The Crossing Battle, Part 2: The Night of October 15-16

8. The Crossing Battle, Part 3: October 16 and the Night of October 16-17

9. The Crossing Battle, Part 4: From the Morning of October 17 to the Night of October 17-18

10. Eight Days: October 18-25, 1973

11. "Better Is the End of a Thing Than the Beginning Thereof" (Eccles. 7:8)

Appendix A: Main Secondary Senior Commanders and Staff Officers

Appendix B: The Bridgehead Compound

Appendix C: Biographical and Career Highlights

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"An AUSA book."

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Translated from the Hebrew.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8131-7424-4

0-8131-6956-9