The Six Day War 1967: Jordan and Syria (Campaign)

The Six Day War 1967: Jordan and Syria (Campaign)
Simon Dunstan (Author), Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
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Syria

Osprey's examination of Jordan and Syria's involvement in the Six Day War (1967). Following the lightning destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Israel turned to the forces of Jordan and Syria, with whom Egypt had signed a mutual-defence pact, and who had now entered the war. Jordan's army moved against West Jerusalem and central Israel, while Syria began shelling Israeli towns from the seemingly impregnable Golan Heights.

The IDF's invasion of the Golan was as daring and successful as its more famous Egyptian victory, but its success in Jordan - taking the West Bank - sowed the seeds of its future troubles. Comprehensively illustrated with artwork, maps and battlefield views, this new history brings one of the most important of 20th century campaigns to life.

• Rank: #326120 in Books
• Published on: 2009-11-24
• Released on: 2009-11-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.80" h x 7.36" w x .39" l, .65 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

The Monuments of Syria

The Monuments of Syria
Ross Burns (Author)
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Syria is home to some of the world's richest historical and archaeological remains--dating from the Bronze Age through Byzantine times to the Ottoman Period. Until now, however, they have been little known and rarely visited. Only a handful of sites are familiar from travel literature: the Roman desert city of Palmyra, the Crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers, and the great Ummayad Mosque of Damascus. This is the definitive historical guide to Syria.

• Rank: #184767 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Six Days in June: How Israel Won the 1967 Arab-Israeli War

Six Days in June: How Israel Won the 1967 Arab-Israeli War
Eric Hammel (Author)
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SIX DAYS IN JUNE
How Israel Won the 1967 Arab-Israeli War

Eric Hammel

Distinguished military historian Eric Hammel becomes the first chronicler of the 1967 Six
Day War to unite the story of development of Israel’s bold brand of military training and
planning with a detailed narrative account of her breathtaking victories in Sinai,
Jerusalem, The West Bank, and the Golan Heights. Unlike all earlier accounts of the 1967
war, Hammel’s sweeping narrative describes how, from the early 1950s, the Israel
Defense Force—Zahal—undertook a relent-less and often visionary campaign to prepare
for the inevitable war of national survival that, when it came, radically altered the Middle
East and has profoundly influenced international politics ever since.

Israel’s brilliant, innovative military think-ers developed extremely flexible strategies, operational plans, and battlefield tactics aimed at overcoming several large Arab forces
with Zahal’s much smaller army and air force. Zahal’s innovations proved to be so
effective and fundamentally sound that they established the norms of modem military
planning and performance.

Hammel decisively disproves the endur-ing myth that Israel’s stunning 1967 victory was a
“miracle” or a “fluke.” He explains how, by necessity and in secret, a tiny Third-World
nation developed a First-World military force that has become the envy of all the nations
of the world.

Hammel is at his proven best when describing the actions of men at war. Six Days in June
seamlessly meshes classic military history with the human drama of Israel’s finest hour.

Eric Hammel is the author of more than thirty-five highly acclaimed books on military
affairs, including Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War; Ace: A Marine Night Fighter
Pilot in World War II; The Root: The Marines in Beirut; and Duel for the Golan: The
100-Hour Battle that Saved Israel.

• Rank: #72516 in eBooks
• Published on: 2009-07-21
• Released on: 2009-07-21
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

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Categories: Israel * History, Jewish History * General, Military Strategy * General. Contributors: Eric Hammel - Author. Format: NOOK Book

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Contributors: Eric Hammel - Author. Format: Paperback