Eighteen Days in October - The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East (2023)

One of Financial Times' Best History Books of 2023
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"Impressive...an excellent work of history." —Commentary
"Tells the story brilliantly." —Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
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October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order. The Jewish State came shockingly close to defeat. A panicky cabinet meeting debated the use of nuclear weapons. After the war, Prime Minister Golda Meir resigned in disgrace, and a 9/11-style commission investigated the "debacle."
But, argues Uri Kaufman,...