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The watchman fell asleep : the surprise of Yom Kippur and its sources /

"Based on many formerly undisclosed intelligence and military documents, the secret protocols of discussions on the eve of the war, and interviews with relevant figures, The Watchman Fell Asleep is a compelling account of Israel's intelligence failure before the 1973 Arab attack known as t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bar-Joseph, Uri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Colección:SUNY series in Israeli studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The war decision
  • Planning the next war: past experience and the main problems
  • The Egyptian deception plan
  • The Egyptian-Syrian war coordination
  • The balance of forces : the Israeli view
  • The intelligence conception and its sources
  • The strategic warning and its role in Israel's war plans
  • The next war scenarios
  • The war estimate : October 1972-August 1973
  • August-September 1973
  • Monday, October 1, 1973
  • Tuesday, October 2, 1973
  • Wednesday, October 3, 1973
  • Thursday, October 4, 1973
  • Friday, October 5, 1973
  • Saturday, October 6, 1973, 04:00-14:00
  • Surprise
  • The cost of being caught unprepared
  • The causes of the intelligence failure.