Eve of destruction
the untold story of the Yom Kippur War
by Howard BlumOn October 6, 1973—Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar—the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surprise attack against Israel.
After three days of intense, bloody combat, an unprepared Israel was fighting for survival, whil.
- Format
- 350 pages, Hardcover
- First published
- 2004
- Publishers
- HarperCollins
- Language
- English
To me, the book seemed well-written in a vivid, expressive language; it provided interesting facts about the Yom Kippur War, some known to me and some not. For example, the failure of the high echelons of the Israeli intelligence to adequately interpret the information supplied by their subordinates, in this case Shabtai Brill, was interesting.
The Israeli swagger that became a regional pose following the military victories of 1948 and 1967 quickly became a limp following near defeat at the hands of Egypt and Syria in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Howard Bloom's appropriately-titled chronicle of that October surprise reads like a novel, complete with an amorous young couple whose honeymoon was rudely interrupted by the outbreak of hostilities and a mysterious double agent called 'the In-Law'.
Mr. Blum has arguably written the worst account of a war in history.
About Howard Blum
Howard Blum is the author of New York Times bestsellers including Dark Invasion, the Edgar Award–winner American Lightning, as well as Wanted!, The Gold Exodus, Gangland, and The Floor of Heaven. Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. While at the New York Times, he was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He is the father of three children, and lives in Connecticut. Get in touch!Website: www.HowardBlum.comEmail: [email protected]: Like Howard Blum on FacebookTwitter: @HowardBlum and @FloorOfHeaven...
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