The Eve of Destruction
The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War
Howard Blum
- On
- October
- 6,
- 1973—Yom
- Kippur,
- the
- holiest
- day
- of
- the
- Jewish
- calendar—the
- Arab
- world
- launched
- a
- bold
- and
- ingeniously
- conceived
- surprise
- attack
- against
- Israel.
- After
- three
- days
- of
- intense,
- bloody
- combat,
- an
- unprepared
- Israel
- was
- fighting
- for
- survival,
- while
- the
- Arabs,
- with
- massive
- forces
- closing
- in
- on
- the
- Jewish
- heartland,
- were
- poised
- to
- redeem
- the
- honor
- lost
- in
- three
- previous
- wars.Based
- on
- declassified
- Israeli
- government
- documents
- and
- revealing
- interviews
- with
- soldiers,
- generals,
- and
- intelligence
- operatives
- on
- both
- sides
- of
- the
- conflict,
- The
- Eve
- of
- Destruction
- weaves
- a
- suspenseful,
- eye-opening
- story
- of
- war,
- politics,
- and
- deception.
- It
- also
- tells
- the
- moving
- human
- tale
- of
- the
- men
- and
- women
- who
- fought
- to
- maintain
- love
- and
- honor
- as
- their
- lives
- and
- destinies
- were
- swept
- up
- in
- the
- Yom
- Kippur War.
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