The Yom Kippur War: The War that Transformed the Middle East.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Middle East Quarterly | Date: March 22, 2006| Author: De Atkine, Norvell | Copyright information

The Yom Kippur War: The War that Transformed the Middle East. By Abraham Rabinovich. New York: Schocken Books, 2004. 543 pp. $27.50 ($16, paper).

Rabinovich has greatly advanced the understanding of the Yom Kippur war. An increasing number of memoirs by the participants and the release of Israeli documents enable the author to piece together a much clearer picture of what happened. This book is written in a chronological, narrative style that is riveting, portraying the ...

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