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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 | |