Six Days
How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East
$39.77
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2004
Summary
The Six-Day War was an extraordinary human drama. It swept up a generation of Israelis and Arabs whose children still cannot live peacefully in the world the war created. Today, Israel is the superpower of the region. It has nuclear weapons but has never been able to digest the land it swallowed in 1967. However big its army, it will never be at peace or feel secure until the future of this land is settled.
Forty years after the end of the six days of fighting…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780743449694 |
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| ISBN-10: | 074344969X |
| Author: | Jeremy Bowen |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 1mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Gripping… You emerge from the book feeling you have been as close an observer of a war as you are ever likely to be’ * Literary Review *
‘A fast-paced history… Bowen provides an hour-by-hour narrative of the war, which is surely the most gripping military tale since the fall of France in the Second World War’ * Daily Telegraph *
‘Impeccably accurate… Meticulous… Jeremy Bowen has performed a service by reminding us how we got here’ * Guardian *
Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Bowen is Middle East Editor for the BBC. He has covered the majority of breaking news and stories from the Middle East since the 1991 Gulf War. He is the author of two previous books: Six Days and War Stories.
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