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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Countrysport Press,U.S.; 1st Presidio Press Ed edition (30 Jul 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0345461924
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345461926
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"POWERFUL . . . A HIGHLY READABLE, EVEN GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE 1967 CONFLICT . . . [Oren] has woven a seamless narrative out of a staggering variety of diplomatic and military strands."
"-- The New York Times"
"WITH A REMARKABLY ASSURED STYLE, OREN ELUCIDATES NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF THE CONFLICT . . . Oren's [book] will remain the authoritative chronicle of the war. His achievement as a writer and a historian is awesome."
--"The Atlantic Monthly
""THIS IS NOT ONLY THE BEST BOOK SO FAR WRITTEN ON THE SIX-DAY WAR, IT IS LIKELY TO REMAIN THE BEST."
--"The" "Washington Post Book World"
"PHENOMENAL . . . BREATHTAKING HISTORY . . .
A PROFOUNDLY TALENTED WRITER . . . .
This book is not only one of the best books on this critical episode in Middle East history; it's one of the best-written books I've read this year, in any genre."
--"The Jerusalem Post
""[In] Michael Oren's richly detailed and lucid account, the familiar story is thrilling once again. . . . What makes this book important is the breadth and depth of the research."
--"The New York Times Book Review
""A FIRST-RATE NEW ACCOUNT OF THE CONFLICT."
--"The Washington Post
""The definitive history of the Six-Day War . . . [Oren's] narrative is precise but written with great literary flair. In no one else's study is there more understanding or more surprise."
--MARTIN PERETZ, Publisher
"The New Republic
""COMPELLING, PERHAPS EVEN VITAL, READING."
--"San Jose Mercury News
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This admirable book is likely to be the last word on the six-day war for a long time (The Sunday Times June 2002 )

the most detailed, the most comprehensive and by far the best-documented history that we have on this short but fateful war (The Guardian )

most comprehensive history yet... Six Days of War scores highly in telling an extremely complicated story within a narrative which despite being loaded with a crushing volume of research reads at times like the breeziest blockbuster... Oren's narrative is at its most gripping during the day-by-day account of the war (Financial Times ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well researched, well written, highly recommended., 19 Nov 2003
By M. D Roberts (Gwent, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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A very impressive and well researched account of the events surrounding the 1967 Six Day War. The reader will find themselves hooked from the very first page.

Michael Oren's authoritative research reveals a disturbing and alarming similarity between the events of 1967 and those of the present day. The reader sees from this book that Palestinian/Arab terrorist attacks upon innocent Jewish civilians were just as common-place leading up to the 1967 conflict as they are now.

Another alarming similarity drawn from the text is that of the apparent impotence and reluctance of the UN and the International Community in their unwillingness to condemn, hinder or prevent these attacks upon Israel prior to and leading up to the Six Day War. The reader sees that these same entities were even then still so ready to condemn the Jewish state for defending itself such terrorism.

The book reveals from the text that the Gaza Strip and the so-called 'West Bank' were not even in Israeli hands prior to the 1967 conflict. The author shows in his account that despite being in the hands of Egypt and Jordan respectively, no attempt was made to forge any 'Palestinian' state during the 19 years between 1948 and 1967.

To the contrary, Egypt is shown to have created the Palestine Liberation Organisation in 1964, three years before the conflict and that these very aforementioned territories were used as a base from which to seek the destruction of the Jewish state and the genocide of the Jews from the midst of the surrounding Arab nations.

This really is an absolute must read on the Middle East.

Whilst this will always be a contentious subject, this book certainly puts to rest once and for all the myths and allegations that Israel was responsible for this conflict. The detail and depth of study behind this presentation provides an excellent objective, accurate analysis of one of the most pivotal conflicts in World History.

A conflict in which the fledgling Jewish state of Israel recovered all of it's ancient, capital city of Jerusalem. An incredibly important and relevant issue all of it's own. An essential read for anyone interested in Middle Eastern history.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very good analisis, 2 April 2003
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Michael Oren has written a wonderful and very balanced book upon the Six Days War. Using a wide range of sources -Arab, Jewish, American, Soviet- he has constructed a thoroughly researched account of those six days that shook the world. His narrative is precise but not boring. I highly recommend it for everyone interested in the Middle East.
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