The six day war, also called the 1967 war, third arab israeli war or annaksah the setback is well documented. Map of the military movements and territorial changes during the sixday war. June 1967 and the making of the modern middle east new ed by oren, michael b. Should be a fascinating book about a pivotal event in modern israels history. The ensuing six day war was a crushing defeat for the arab world, one that tripled the area controlled by israel and which sowed the seeds for the yom kippur war of 1973 and the continuing strife in the region. June 1967 war as an accidental conflagration that neither arabs. Kosygin did not succeed in taming nasser, his regional ally, thus bringing the escalation of. The threeweek period preceding the sixday war was one of dread, shock and fright for the residents of the holy land. But, although there was practically unanimous national support for the governments insistence on peace treaties with the arab states as a condition of any settlement, there was much public debate on whether israel should be prepared to barter territories for peace in the event of direct negotiations. The suez canal was closed by the war, and israel declared that it would not give up jerusalem and that it would hold the other captured territories until significant progress had been made in arabisraeli relations. And the balance of power changedin the middle east and in the world. Israel emerged from the war in control of that part of jerusalem that had been controlled by jordan east jerusalem. Buildup to war gloria center briefing april 18, 2007 may 17. In looking at any book about the israelpalestine or israeliarab conflict, the immediate.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the sixday war in june this year, bicoms research team has produced a briefing analysing the causes and consequences of the conflict. Background t he six day war was the culmination of a series of crises in the middle east, mainly focused on israel, though also reflecting the struggle for geostrategic position among. After months of escalation, israel conducted a preemptive air assault demobilizing its neighbors air force capabilities, allowing it a quick and decisive victory. Within six days, israel had defeated egypt, syria and jordan and captured the sinai, west. This was the most difficult of the three, taking twice as long as the others to win. A new book on the sixday war should be required reading. Randolph churchill sat at home and tuned in on one the recent israeliarab conflict. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the sixday war, the swift, epochal conflict in which israel decisively defeated a host of arab armies and. Gamal abdel nasser 1918 1970 provoquer of the six day war 19581970 president of the united arab republic and president of egyptian republic mathilde bertrand, margareta heidt, kerstin knobloch 29. A comprehensive resource for teachers, students and journalists, with a large section of personal recollection bringing history to life. A highly readable, even gripping account of the 1967 conflict.
It is part of a forthcoming besa center study on the sixday war that will. It was in control of the entire west bank, the sinai and the golan heights. An enthralling, bigpicture history that examines the sixday war, its causes, and its enduring consequences against its global context one fateful week in june 1967 redrew the map of the middle east. There are two players in the game, each commanding a front of the israeli army against various arab opponents. Israel time on june 5 the israel defense forces broadcast the following communique. The sixday war between israel and its arab neighbors ends with a united nationsbrokered ceasefire. June 1967 and the making of the modern middle east book online at best prices in india on. The war had lasting impact on diplomatic engagement between. Sixday war simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Minister abba eban said of the pre1967 borders that they are. Since then a series of armed conflicts between jews and arabs has shaped the history of this country. Arabisraeli 1967 war, sixday war, principles of war. Many scholars have documented how the sixday war unfolded, but little has been done to explain why the conflict happened at all. The war that israel launched and won overwhelmingly created what are now core issues in the area that hinder peace negotiations and give the appearance of a forever conflict.
She has also written four books exploring key issues in israeli. Shortly after the june 1967 war, a book entitled siah lohamim soldiers. The withdrawal of israeli armed forces from the occupied territories. The international community outside of the middle east and arab world were also keenly interested in the conflict, with the great powers especially the soviet union and united states. The territory of israel before the war is colored royal blue on this map, while the territories captured by israel during the war are depicted in various shades of green. By june 11, the conflict had come to include jordan and syria. Each player also commands the arab forces facing the other player his opponent.
His son winston, a journalist, covered the week of the war at the front. June 1967 and the making of the modern middle east is a 2002 nonfiction book by americanborn israeli historian and israeli ambassador to the united states, michael oren, chronicling the events of the sixday war fought between israel and its arab neighbors. Its major cities were no longer within range of arab guns. The 1967 sixday war is most accurately viewed as another round in the 100 years war for palestine that started with the antizionist riots in 1920. The war, which ended on june 10, is known as the sixday war. The sixday war involved three distinct battlefronts, tied together by a shared desire on the part of the surrounding arab states to eliminate israel and erase the shame of their defeat 19 years earlier when they failed to destroy the nascent jewish state. Bicom briefing causes and consequences of the sixday. Then it delves into the aqaba crisis, the six day war proper, international reactions, and the aftermath through.
In addition to these, other arab countries played smaller roles in the conflict. The short, sharp encounter that has come to be known as the sixday war was a highly explosive but as israel is resolved to make it a last installment in the agonizing. The history of the military conflicts that established israel as a superpower in the middle east charles river editors. The 1948 defeat in the arabisraeli war, the ambiguous armistice agreements that followed and the growing belief in the need for collective arab actions that characterized the second critical turning point created the conditions for the third critical turning point, which was highlighted by the 1967 arabisraeli war. As a result of this conflict, israel gained control over the sinai peninsula, the golan heights, the west bank, the gaza strip and east jerusalem. According to laron international affairshebrew univ. Postwar development diplomacy and the struggle over third world industrialization, 19451956, 20, the sixday war of june 1967 was fairly well settled within hours of its. There are many contexts in which this story makes sense, but only michael oren, a widely published americanborn israel scholar and historian, has so far knitted the diverse strands into a cohesive fabric that remains vital and relevant today. For six tense days between june 5 and 10, 1967, war raged between israel and its neighbors, egypt, jordan, and syria.
Was the six day war a defensive war, or was it an israeli act of aggression to expand its territory. This perspective was originally published in the summer 2017 issue of the middle east quarterly. While i share this generally high regard for orens book, i was hoping that his. This hotline contact is also illustrative of the central thesis of this book. The breaking of the middle east to be published, fittingly, around the wars 50th anniversary is both impressive and. This site explores the events that led up to the conflict, and discusses the aftermath. Their chronicle begins with a quick, lucid historical briefing which owes much to christopher sykes crossroads to israel. Pdf on jun 1, 2017, efraim karsh and others published the six day war. Nonetheless, gatzke praised the book of principles, saying that like nothing else.
Randolph churchill, son of the legendary wartime british prime minister, and his son, winston, coauthored this account of the six day war. Reproduced by the emory institute for the study of modern israel. Israel, egypt, syria and jordan were the major combatants in the sixday war. A towering work of history and an enthralling human narrative, six days of war is the most important book on the middle east conflict to appear in a generation. The sixday war and its impact on arab and israeli conflict. Sixday war, brief arabisraeli war that took place june 510, 1967.
The sixday war was fought between israel and egypt. The lessons and consequences of the sixday war jewish. On the morning of june 5, 1967, israel launched a preemptive strike against egyptian forces in response to egypts closing of the straits of tiran. List of books and articles about sixday war online. The sixday war is proof positive that the core issue is, and always has been, whether the palestinians and larger arab world accept the jewish peoples right to a state of their own. With close to two and a half million jews living in the tiny country, it had the highest concentration of jews since preholocaust eastern europe. The arabs were willing to make peace with israel and recognise israels right to exist, but only after the. In the october 1973 yom kippur war the losses rose to 2,688.
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