Yigal kipnis 1973 the road to war book

The road to war, kipnis reveals for the first time, on the basis of updated documentation, the political conduct which led to war in the middle east in october 1973. Yigal kipniss disturbing book, 1973, the road to war, which was recently published, is based on documents that describe israeli efforts to torpedo egyptian president anwar sadats peace. Oct 10, 20 yigal kipnis is an israeli historian who teaches at the university of haifa. Crisp, concise and often witty, doron meir offers powerful insights and personal stories from more than 17 years of wideranged. Historian presents shocking revelations jewish journal. This is a fascinating and extremely welldocumented account of the lead up to the yom kippur war of october 1973. Richard overy does a solid job of presenting each nation germany, great britain, france, italy, the soviet union, japan and the united states individually, showcasing each. For the narrative of those peace feelers based on recently released documents see yigal kipniss 1973. Yigal kipnis on yom kippur wars lessons jewish journal. The road to war, israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals the degree to which the war could have. Israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals in this book that the big october 1973 war between israel and its. The book deals with the circumstances leading to the 1973 war and the public discourse about it.

What we see is an intimate account of how key israeli decisionmakersespecially prime minister meir and her. According to kipnis, sadat was ready to begin formal negotiations in september 1973. He is a professor at the university of haifa where he researches the settlement geography and political history of israel. Kissinger disagreed with golda meier over the 1973 yom kippur war. We think before the first of september we should have the preliminary phase agreed, ismail told kissinger. Israeli historian yigal kipnis, using newly declassified documents, revealed in his book published last year in hebrew, that egyptian president sadat had proposed a peace plan before the war, but israeli prime minister golda meir had ignored it.

The road to war israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals in this book that the big october 1973 war between israel and its arab neighbors could almost certainly have been avoided. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 1973. Despite this challenge, the book succeeds in presenting marwans story in an enjoyable way. Israeli elected leaders of the period, although well meaning, failed to understand realities and acted with arrogance, with overconfidence and political blindness, yigal kipnis writes in his new book, 1973. The road to war ebook by yigal kipnis 9781935982388. When the fourth arabisraeli war began on october 6, 1973, many of israels soldiers were away from their posts observing yom kippur or. What a war in 1973 can tell us about handling iran in 20. Avoided, that is, if in the months preceding october 1973, israels thenprime minister golda meir, who was facing elections, had not been adamantly opposed to allowing the peace negotiations with egypt to proceed and if.

Just world books exists to expand the discourse in the united states and worldwide on issues of vital international concern. Center for advanced international studies, university of miami, 1974. The politicians were to blame for the yom kippur war, not the. The road to war, is an israeli historian who has been a farmer and resident of the golan heights since 1978. The day lesson of 1973 war is give talks a chance news. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Examines how israel was caught by surprise in the opening stages of the 1973 yom kippur war. Apr 18, 20 yigal kipniss disturbing book, 1973, the road to war, which was recently published, is based on documents that describe israeli efforts to torpedo egyptian president anwar sadats peace. The road to war, kipnis reveals for the first time, on the basis of updated documentation, the political conduct which led. Political history, settlement and geography since 1949 routledge, 20. Israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals in this book that the big. Jun 01, 2014 1973 reexamined golan, galia 20140601 00. We are committed to building a more just, equitable, and peaceable world. The road to war is a revelatory account of the myopic diplomacy that caused an unnecessary war. The road to war, published in hebrew in 2012 and now in english, is the first account that mines both the rich american archives and, crucially, the recently released documents from the israeli war cabinet. I walked around my house as though in a prison, i shouted and cursed.

Kipnis forthcoming book is based on extensive research into the israeli official archives, including newly declassified documents. Like the three previous arabisraeli wars, the october war was a military success for the israelis as the egyptian and syrian armies were largely destroyed in a matter of weeks. Discover book depositorys huge selection of yigal kipnis books online. Kipnis adds considerably to the story of the stalemated diplomacy before the war, kissingers growing realization that egypt. Israeli elected leaders of the period, although well meaning, failed to understand realities and acted with arrogance, with overconfidence and political blindness, writes yigal kipnis in his new. Avoided, that is, if in the months preceding october 1973. In it, kipnis reveals documentation of secret channels between us secretary of state henry kissinger and the israeli prime minister, golda meir, and between kissinger and president sadat of egypt. Yigal kipnis born october 28, 1949 is an israeli historian and author biography. Barbara doron israeli historian yigal kipnis digs into recently opened state archives to reveal the secret diplomatic minuet that president richard nixon and henry kissinger engaged in with israeli prime. The military brass lacked essential information, without which they were unable to carry out their mission they couldnt assess the situation, nor could they prepare for possible outcomes. Israel, jordan, and the palestinians in the aftermath of the june 1967 war, in hdiplo roundtable. The book, based on recently revealed israeli records, was.

Israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals in this book that the big october 1973 war between israel and its arab. Rumors had abounded, but kipniss book, now published in english, makes it clear. The road to war ebook por yigal kipnis 9781935982388. The soviet union and the october 1973 middle east war.

The road to war by yigal kipnis available from rakuten kobo. The road to war, that sadat was ready in september 1973, the month before the 11 nation attack on yom kippur. The story of the golan heights and its position between syria and israel does not belong only to the past. Rumors had abounded, but kipniss book, now published in. The book, based on recently revealed israeli records, was published in hebrew last year. Golda meir and moshe dayan continually delayed addressing those feelers for domestic political reasons, with disastrous results when the yom kippur war broke out in 1973. The politicians were to blame for the yom kippur war, not. How to kick start your career in a creative industrynook book. See, for instance, uri barjoseph, the watchman fell asleep. The road to war ebook by yigal kipnis rakuten kobo.

For their part, recent revelations in yigal kipnis book 1973, the road to war 2012 have exposed the fallacy of the claim that israel has had no partners in peace, together with all the missed. Presenting the settlement landscape of the golan before and after june 1967, the golan heights deals with the issue of the border between israel and syria, and with the israeli settlement process in the area following the six day war. Yigal kipnis is the author of the mountain that was as a. The road to war por yigal kipnis disponible en rakuten kobo. His research comes from israeli records that had just been released recently. Israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american. His first book translated into english was the golan heights. The hero of uri barjosephs book is ashraf marwan, a soninlaw of. Kipnis contradicts the conventional wisdom, arguing convincingly that it was israeli political intransigence, not a failure of israels military intelligence, that set the stage for the 1973 war. He is a professor at the university of haifa where he researches the settlement geography and political hist.

Based on extensive research in the us and israeli archives, kipnis shows how military overconfidence and erroneous political judgments led us and israeli leaders to dismiss egypts peace overtures and force egypts anwar. In 2012, yigal kipnis wrote a book in hebrew that made use of the recently declassified israeli war cabinet files, and it was published in english as 1973. The road to war yigal kipnis forty years after the events of the yom kippur war, we are at a turning point in research and writing about the war, which is now evolving from preliminary research to sourcebased writing. Yigal kipnis is an israeli historian and since 1978 he has been a farmer and a resident of the golan heights.

On the 40th anniversary of the war, yigal kipnis, who teaches at haifa university, spoke about his findings that are featured in his recently published book 1973. Israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals in this book that the big october 1973 war between israel and its arab neighbors could almost certainly have been avoided. 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 israels intelligence failure before the 1973 arab attack known as the yom. Kissinger disagreed with golda meier over the 1973 yom. The road to war, israeli historian yigal kipnis delves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals the degree to which the war could have been avoided. A fascinating version of this affair can be found in the book 1973. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This transition should be accompanied by an understanding that the familiar dominant narratives. Soviet detente meant an indefinite freezing of the status quo, then even a risky war might be worth it. We now know, thanks to yigal kipniss 1973 book the road to war just world books, 20, that kissinger did try to persuade golda meir to take sadat seriously in mid1973, but she refused. Psychologically, however, it is difficult to exaggerate the traumatic impact the war had on the mentality of israeli leaders. Israeli historianyigal kipnisdelves deep into the israeli and american archives and reveals in this book that the big october 1973 war between. Yigal kipnis earned a bsc in civil engineering from the technion in haifa 1977, and completed his ma 2003 and phd 2006 in land of israel studies at haifa university.