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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to Revised Edition | |
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| Prologue | |
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| The War of Independence, 1948-1949 | |
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| Confrontation in Palestine | |
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| Israeli forces and dispositions | |
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| Arab forces and dispositions | |
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| Military confrontation | |
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| The struggle intensifies | |
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| Operation 'Nachshon' | |
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| Plan D | |
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| The battle for Jerusalem | |
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| The Mandate ends | |
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| To the First Truce, 15 May to 11 June 1948 | |
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| The northern front | |
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| The central front | |
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| The battle for Jerusalem | |
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| The southern front | |
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| The first truce | |
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| To the Second Truce, 18 July to 15 October 1948 | |
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| The northern front | |
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| The central front and Jerusalem | |
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| The southern front | |
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| The second truce | |
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| The Decision | |
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| Decision in Galilee | |
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| The southern front: the Faluja pocket | |
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| The southern front: The 'Horev' offensive | |
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| Summary: The Israeli Victory | |
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| The Sinal Campaign of 1956 | |
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| New regimes: the rise of Nasser's Egypt | |
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| The arena of war and the opposing forces | |
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| The war - the Mitla battle | |
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| The battle of Abu Ageila | |
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| The battle for Rafah | |
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| The battle for the Gaza Strip | |
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| The battle for the Straits of Tiran | |
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| The air and naval war | |
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| Britain, France and the United Nations | |
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| Summary: 'A Work of Art' | |
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| The Six Day War, 1967 | |
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| Prologue | |
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| The confrontation | |
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| The pre-emptive strike | |
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| The Second Sinai Campaign | |
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| The War with Jordan | |
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| The encirclement of Jerusalem | |
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| The West Bank: Samaria | |
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| The fall of Jerusalem | |
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| To the Jordan valley | |
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| The Golan Heights | |
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| Summary: A Vindication | |
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| The War of Attrition | |
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| 'Defensive rehabilitation' | |
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| 'Offensive defence' and the Bar-Lev Line | |
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| Jordan and the PLO | |
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| The 'liberation' phase | |
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| 'Flying artillery' | |
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| Soviets and SAMs | |
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| The cease-fire | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Yom Kippur War, 1973 | |
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| Prologue | |
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| The Southern Front | |
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| The deception | |
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| The onslaught | |
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| Defending the Bar-Lev Line | |
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| 'Shovach Yonim' | |
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| The first counterattack | |
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| The crisis | |
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| The Israeli plan | |
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| Opening the gap | |
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| The crossing | |
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| The battle for the corridor | |
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| On the west bank | |
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| The cease-fire | |
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| The Northern Front | |
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| The Syrian attack | |
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| The Israeli break-in | |
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| Syria's plight | |
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| Iraqi and Jordanian counterattacks | |
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| The recapture of Mount Hermon | |
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| The Air and Naval War | |
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| SAMs v. 'Flying artillery' | |
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| Missiles at sea | |
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| Summary: A New Era | |
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| The War Against Terrorism: Entebbe | |
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| Operation 'Opera' The Destruction of Osirak | |
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| The War in the Lebanon | |
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| Operation 'Peace for Galilee' | |
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| Summary | |
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| Ending the Entanglement | |
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| Sumary | |
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| The First Palestinian Uprising | |
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| Israel and the First Gulf War | |
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| The Oslo Process | |
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| Summary | |
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| The El-AQSA Intifada | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Israeli military experience | |
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| The Arab military experience | |
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| The role of the superpowers | |
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| The Palestinians | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |