Armageddon In The Middle East: Arab Vs Israeli Through The October War
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When the guns fell silent after the devastating October War of 1973, the world was left grappling with a seismic shift in the balance of power across the Middle East — and Dana Adams Schmidt's Armageddon in the Middle East is the definitive frontline account of how it all unfolded. Published as part of The New York Times Survey Series, this urgent and authoritative work chronicles the clash between Arab and Israeli forces in one of the twentieth century's most consequential conflicts, dissecting the military strategies, political miscalculations, and human costs that defined the Yom Kippur War with the precision of a seasoned foreign correspondent. Schmidt, a veteran journalist with decades of experience reporting from the region's most volatile flashpoints, presents a richly textured narrative that moves beyond the battlefield to interrogate the deeper fault lines — superpower rivalry, oil diplomacy, and the fragile architecture of Middle Eastern statehood — that the war so violently exposed. Drawing on firsthand observation and extensive reporting, his prose carries the weight of witnessed history, transforming complex geopolitical tensions into a gripping, human-scale account. For anyone seeking to understand how the Arab-Israeli conflict reached its most explosive chapter, this volume raises a question that still resonates: was 1973 a turning point, or merely a prelude?
Author: Dana Adams Schmidt
Format: Paperback
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
When the guns fell silent after the devastating October War of 1973, the world was left grappling with a seismic shift in the balance of power across the Middle East — and Dana Adams Schmidt's Armageddon in the Middle East is the definitive frontline account of how it all unfolded. Published as part of The New York Times Survey Series, this urgent and authoritative work chronicles the clash between Arab and Israeli forces in one of the twentieth century's most consequential conflicts, dissecting the military strategies, political miscalculations, and human costs that defined the Yom Kippur War with the precision of a seasoned foreign correspondent. Schmidt, a veteran journalist with decades of experience reporting from the region's most volatile flashpoints, presents a richly textured narrative that moves beyond the battlefield to interrogate the deeper fault lines — superpower rivalry, oil diplomacy, and the fragile architecture of Middle Eastern statehood — that the war so violently exposed. Drawing on firsthand observation and extensive reporting, his prose carries the weight of witnessed history, transforming complex geopolitical tensions into a gripping, human-scale account. For anyone seeking to understand how the Arab-Israeli conflict reached its most explosive chapter, this volume raises a question that still resonates: was 1973 a turning point, or merely a prelude?