FOXBATS OVER DIMONA: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War

Ginor, Isabella; Remez, Gideon

ISBN 10: 0300123175 / ISBN 13: 9780300123173

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2007

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Signed by both authors in black ink on plain white bookplate affixed to the title page. Very fine, copy. in fine, mylar=protected dust jacket. NF53.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FOXBATS OVER DIMONA: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300123175
• ISBN 13: 9780300123173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Fearing an imminent invasion, Israel launched a preemptive air attack on Egypt in June 1967 and it achieved such staggering devastation that in just six days the war was won and the future of the Middle East was forever changed. But have our assumptions about the genesis of the Six-Day War been misguided? What was the involvement of the Soviet Union? Were the Israelis planning to use nuclear weapons? Were the Soviets? This book provides an account that is startlingly different from all previous histories of the Six-Day War. Award-winning Israeli journalists Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez investigate newly available documents and testimonies from the former Soviet Union, cross-check them extensively against Israeli and Western sources, and arrive at fresh and frightening conclusions. Filled with astonishing new information about this crucial week in history, the book paints a disturbing picture of Cold War aggression, deception, and calculated willingness to precipitate a global crisis.

About the Author

Isabella Ginor is research fellow, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. She was born in Ukraine and since 1967 has resided in Israel, where she is a frequent commentator in the Israeli and foreign media. Gideon Remez is a well-known radio and print journalist in Israel. He fought in the Six-Day War and was a frontline correspondent in the Suez Canal theater of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The authors live in Jerusalem.