The watchman fell asleep [[electronic resource] ] : the surprise of Yom Kippur and its sources / / Uri Bar-Joseph

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814259303321
• Autore: Bar-Joseph Uri
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005
• ISBN: 0-7914-8312-6; 1-4237-4871-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in Israeli studies
• Disciplina: 956.04/8
• Soggetti: Israel-Arab War, 1973 - Causes; Military intelligence - Israel; Israel Politics and government 1967-1993
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-297) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.