Foxbats over Dimona
Subtitle: the Soviets' nuclear gamble in the Six-Day War
By: Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez.
Contributors: Remez, Gideon, 1946-
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780300123173
Subjects: Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Diplomatic history; Israel-Arab War, 1967 -- Causes; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Israel; Israel -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Arab Countries; Arab Countries -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Description: Fearing an imminent invasion, Israel launched a preemptive air attack on Egypt in June 1967 and it achieved such staggering devastation that in just six days the war was won and the future of the Middle East was forever changed. But have our assumptions about the genesis of the Six-Day War been misguided? What was the involvement of the Soviet Union? Were the Israelis planning to use nuclear weapons? Were the Soviets? This book provides an account that is startlingly different from all previous histories of the Six-Day War. Award-winning Israeli journalists Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez investigate newly available documents and testimonies from the former Soviet Union, cross-check them extensively against Israeli and Western sources, and arrive at fresh and frightening conclusions. Filled with astonishing new information about this crucial week in history, the book paints a disturbing picture of Cold War aggression, deception, and calculated willingness to precipitate a global crisis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.