{"product_id":"9789655505498","title":"Crossing Suez, 1973: A New point of view","description":"After being taken by surprise on October 6, 1973, just like the Red Army was in 1941, with its defense line breached and its political leaders unnerved, the Israeli Defense Forces managed to pull itself together. \u003cbr\u003eSuccessfully repelling Egyptian attacks, it took initiative on October 15, \u003cbr\u003elaunching its decisive maneuver; the Crossing of the Suez. \u003cbr\u003eThis book, published after a long struggle with Israeli Military establishment, \u003cbr\u003etells the full story of this campaign, from its prewar planning, through wartime operational and technical challenges, until its successful culmination; the delivery of Israeli armored forces west of the Canal, which eventually forced \u003cbr\u003eEgypt to the negotiation table. \u003cbr\u003eThe Crossing of the Suez was, at that time, the most difficult campaign the IDF had ever waged. It bred some difficult questions which remain unanswered and controversies which still resonate within the Israeli military establishment and general population. \u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a neutral, new point of view about these controversies, \u003cbr\u003ebased on first-hand testimonies which fully reveal the infighting among \u003cbr\u003eIsraeli senior command; the tension between the offensive-minded Ariel \u003cbr\u003eSharon and his more cautious superiors. \u003cbr\u003eThe author, Dr. Amiram Ezov, formerly an IDF infantry and artillery officer, \u003cbr\u003eworked in IDF's History Department over the course of 14 years, where he published several volumes about the Southern Front in the Yom Kippur \u003cbr\u003eWar; some of which are still classified. He has been investigating the Israeli \u003cbr\u003eCrossing Campaign, code name Operation Valiant, since 2006. \u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating book, one of the most important works dealing with that war....revealing, for the first time, the behind-the-scenes secrets of the \u003cbr\u003eCrossing's planning\". \u003cp\u003eRonen Bergman, a senior Israeli military reporter, author of Yom Kippur War-Real Time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ContentoNow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064893751536,"sku":"9789655505498","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789655505498_p0.jpg?v=1763686210","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789655505498","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}