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The watchman fell asleep : the surprise of Yom Kippur and its sources /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bar-Joseph, Uri
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Military intelligence > Israel.
Israel-Arab War, 1973 > Causes.
Israel > Politics and government > 1967-1993.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The war decision
  • Planning the next war: past experience and the main problems
  • The Egyptian deception plan
  • The Egyptian-Syrian war coordination
  • The balance of forces : the Israeli view
  • The intelligence conception and its sources
  • The strategic warning and its role in Israel's war plans
  • The next war scenarios
  • The war estimate : October 1972-August 1973
  • August-September 1973
  • Monday, October 1, 1973
  • Tuesday, October 2, 1973
  • Wednesday, October 3, 1973
  • Thursday, October 4, 1973
  • Friday, October 5, 1973
  • Saturday, October 6, 1973, 04:00-14:00
  • Surprise
  • The cost of being caught unprepared
  • The causes of the intelligence failure.