Part 1 of 2. Six Days of War.
Part 1 of 2. \xa0Six Days of War by Michael B. Oren\nThis audio excerpt serves as an introduction to this fine book. \nPurchase the entire book on Amazon/Audible\nThis is an ACU encore presentation. \n\xa0\nSix Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East\xa0Paperback \u2013 June 3, 2003\nby\xa0Michael B. Oren\xa0\nNEW YORK TIMES\xa0BESTSELLER \u2022\xa0The first comprehensive account of the epoch-making Six-Day War, from the author of\xa0Ally\u2014now featuring a fiftieth-anniversary retrospectiveThough it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing\xa0intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting.Writing with a novelist\u2019s command of narrative and a historian\u2019s grasp of fact and motive,\xa0Michael B.\xa0Oren reconstructs both the lightning-fast action on the battlefields and the political shocks that electrified the world. Extraordinary personalities\u2014Moshe Dayan and Gamal Abdul Nasser, Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin\u2014rose and toppled from power as a result of this war; borders were redrawn; daring strategies brilliantly succeeded or disastrously failed in a matter of hours. And the balance of power changed\u2014in the Middle East and in the world. A towering work of history and an enthralling human narrative,\xa0Six Days of War\xa0is the most important book on the Middle East conflict to appear in a generation.Praise for\xa0Six Days of War\u201cPowerful . . . A highly readable, even gripping account of the 1967 conflict . . . [Oren] has woven a seamless narrative out of a staggering variety of diplomatic and military strands.\u201d\u2014The New York Times\u201cWith a remarkably assured style, Oren elucidates nearly every aspect of the conflict. . . . Oren\u2019s [book] will remain the authoritative chronicle of the war. His achievement as a writer and a historian is awesome.\u201d\u2014The Atlantic Monthly\u201cThis is not only the best book so far written on the six-day war, it is likely to remain the best.\u201d\u2014The\xa0Washington Post Book World\u201cPhenomenal . . . breathtaking history . . . a profoundly talented writer. . . .This book is not only one of the best books on this critical episode in Middle East history; it\u2019s one of the best-written books I\u2019ve read this year, in any genre.\u201d\u2014The Jerusalem Post\u201c[In] Michael Oren\u2019s richly detailed and lucid account, the familiar story is thrilling once again. . . . What makes this book important is the breadth and depth of the research.\u201d\u2014The New York Times Book Review\u201cA first-rate new account of the conflict.\u201d\u2014The Washington Post\u201cThe definitive history of the Six-Day War . . . [Oren\u2019s] narrative is precise but written with great literary flair. In no one else\u2019s study is there more understanding or more surprise.\u201d\u2014Martin Peretz, Publisher,\xa0The New Republic\u201cCompelling, perhaps even vital, reading.\u201d\u2014San Jose Mercury News