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1973 : the first nuclear war : crucial air battles of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war

Title: 1973 : the first nuclear war : crucial air battles of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war / Tom Cooper & Abdallah Emran.
Author: Cooper, Tom
Publication: Warwick : Helion & Company Limited, 2019.

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Additional Authors

Emran, Abdallah

Description

80 pages, viii unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (color); 30 cm.

Summary

"The majority of narratives about the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War stress that air power did not play a dominant role. The deployment of strong, well-integrated air defenses by Egypt and Syria, that caused heavy losses to the Israeli air force early during that conflict, not only spoiled Israel's prewar planning, but prevented it from providing support for Israeli ground forces too. cross-examination of interviews with dozens of Egyptian participants in that conflict, contemporary reporting in the media, and also intelligence reports, offers an entirely different picture. Accordingly, for much of that war, the Israelis flew heavy air strikes on Port Said, on the northern entry to the Suez Canal. Furthermore, they repeatedly attacked two major Egyptian air bases in the Nile Delta - el-Mansourah and Tanta - in turn causing some of the biggest air battles of this war. Indeed, in Egypt, the response to these attacks reached the level of legend: the supposed repelling of an Israeli air strike on el-Mansourah, on 14 October 1973, prompted Cairo to declare not only a massive victory, but also that date for the day of its air force."

Series Statement

Middle East @ War ; No. 19

Uniform Title

Middle East@war ; v. 19.

Subject

Note

Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JFG 20-46

ISBN

9781911628712
1911628712

OCLC

1079312637

Author

Cooper, Tom, author.

Title

1973 : the first nuclear war : crucial air battles of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war / Tom Cooper & Abdallah Emran.

Publisher

Warwick : Helion & Company Limited, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Middle East @ War ; No. 19

Middle East@war ; v. 19.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1973

Added Author

Emran, Abdallah, author.

Research Call Number

JFG 20-46

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