by Howard Blum · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060014001
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«The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War» is Howard Blum's historical essay, published by Harper Perennial in paperback.
On October 6, 1973, on Yom Kippur, Arab armies launched a surprise attack on Israel and came close to defeating it. The book reconstructs how Israeli intelligence was deceived, drawing on declassified documents and interviews with soldiers, generals, and spies from both sides, and includes the stories of those who took part.
English-language edition of 384 pages published in 2004. It falls within the military history of the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
For readers of military and Middle Eastern history interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict and the inner workings of intelligence.
Howard Blum is an American author and journalist. Formerly a reporter for The Village Voice and The New York Times, Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of several non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner American Lightning.
