At the Decisive Point in the Sinai: Generalship in the Yom Kippur War

by Jacob Even and Simcha Maoz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813169550
• ISBN13: 9780813169552
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher