1973: The Road To War 1973 Ha-derekh La-milḥamah. English

1973: The Road To War Generated Considerable Media Attention-and More Than A Little Shock-in Israel, When It Was Published There In Hebrew In Fall 2012. Israeli Historian Yigal Kipnis Delved Deep Into The Israeli And American Archives And Discovered The Degree To Which The 1973 War Could Have Been Avoided... That Is, It Could Have Been Avoided If In The Months Preceding October 1973, Israel's Then-prime Minister Golda Meir, Who Was Facing Elections, Had Not Been Adamantly Opposed To Allowing The Peace Negotiations With Egypt To Proceed And If U.s. Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger, Despite Some Misgivings, Had Not Backed Her Up In That Refusal. Just World Books Is Pleased To Make This Significant Work Available In The English Language, At The 40th Anniversary Of The 1973 War. This Edition Includes A Foreword By William B. Quandt, Who Served On The Staff Of The U.s. National Security Council In The 1970s And Is A Preeminent Authority On The 1973 War. Yigal Kipnis ; Translator, Barbara Doron ; Foreword By William B. Quandt. Includes Bibliographical References. Israeli historian Yigal Kipnis delves deep into the Israeli and American archives and reveals in this book that the big October 1973 war between Israel and its Arab neighbors could almost certainly have been avoided. Avoided, that is, if in the months preceding October 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who was facing elections, had not been so determined to block the ongoing peace negotiations with Egypt, and if U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (despite his misgivings) had not backed up her diplomatic hard line. Kipnis contradicts the conventional wisdom, arguing convincingly that it was Israeli political intransigence, not a failure of Israel's military intelligence, that set the stage for the 1973 war.The Hebrew-language original of 1973: The Road to War made great waves when it was published in Israel. --Provided by publisher Israeli historian Yigal Kipnis delves deep into the Israeli and American archives and reveals in this book that the big October 1973 war between Israel and its Arab neighbors could almost certainly have been avoided. Avoided, that is, if in the months preceding October 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who was facing elections, had not been so determined to block the ongoing peace negotiations with Egypt, and if U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (despite his misgivings) had not backed up her diplomatic hard line. Kipnis contradicts the conventional wisdom, arguing convincingly that it was Israeli political intransigence, not a failure of Israel’s military intelligence, that set the stage for the 1973 war. The Hebrew-language original of 1973: The Road to War made great waves when it was published in Israel. Israeli historian Yigal Kipnis digs into recently opened state archives to reveal the secret diplomatic 'minuet' that president Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger engaged in with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in the months prior to October 1973.--Page [4] of cover