The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
A Israel, Cultural, History book. Who are these pilots anyway? They get the best of everything; their demands eat up the defense budget. Can...
June 5, 1967. The nineteen-year-old state of Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army has amassed a thousand tanks on the nation’s southern border. Syrian heavy guns are shelling her from the north. To the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving mechanized brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack. Egypt’s President Nasser has declared that the Arab force’s objective is the destruction of Israel.” The rest of the world turns a blind eye to the new nation’s desperate peril.June 10, 1967. The Arab armies have been routed, ground divisions wiped out, air forces totally destroyed....
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Now its 1967. Nasser and the Arabs are saying to themselves: The Jews have beaten us in Round One and Round Two, but we will wipe them out for good in Round Three. Steven Pressfield, The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War Who are these pilots anyway? They get the best of everything; their demands eat up the defense budget. Can we count on them? What do they do except wear Ray-Bans and eat steaks and go home each night to sleep on clean sheets? Steven Pressfield, The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War Egyptians cannot believe Israelis are all Steven Pressfield, The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
I must admit I did expect to finish this work so quickly. Yet, when one realizes and then immerses themselves into these first hand accounts of this Israeli soldiers, airmen and minister of defense Moshe Dayan, it makes for an exciting read, a book of reality and triumph in war. I do not know as much about the Six days war as I wish... I always wanted to know more about the Six Day War. When I chose this Pressfield book, I expected to get a detailed account of the military side of things. What Pressfield gave me encompassed much more - an oral history of first-hand accounts.Told from the viewpoint of dozens of Jews that participated in the war, this book provides... I enjoy history of war and have been a Steven Pressfield fan since my sons recommended "Gates of Fire". So I was most pleased to receive a complimentary copy of "The Lion's Gate" in a Goodreads contest. I thought that the same narrative style and commitment to research I have enjoyed in other Pressfield books would be especially engaging...
