1967
Subtitle: Israel, the war, and the year that transformed the Middle East
By: Tom Segev ; translated by Jessica Cohen
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 673
ISBN-13: 9780805070576
Subjects: Politics and government; Israel-Arab War, 1967
Other titles: Nineteen hundred sixty seven; Nineteen sixty seven
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [587]-642) and index.
Table of contents: title: I: Between Rishon Lezion and Manhattan; title: Sussita days; title: Other people; title: II: Between Israel and Palestine; title: Maps and dreams; title: The Syrian syndrome; title: III: The forty days of private Yehoshua Bar-Dayan; title: Three weeks to war: what does Nasser want?; title: Eleven days to war: Noa's father is waiting; title: Ten days to war: what does America want?; title: Nine days to war: a terrible situation; title: One week to war: the generals' revolt; title: Five days to war: the ouster; title: Three days to war: the devision; title: Day one; title: Day two; title: Day three; title: The final days; title: IV: They thought they had won; title: A new land; title: Victory albums; title: The enlightened occupation; title: Teddy's project; title: Face-to-face with Ishmael; title: The blunder; title: Hawks and doves; title: Starting over; title: Absalom days.