{"product_id":"six-days-of-war-june-1967-and-the-making-of-the-modern-middle-east-9780345461926","title":"Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The first comprehensive account of the epoch-making Six-Day War, from the author of \u003ci\u003eAlly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003enow featuring a fiftieth-anniversary retrospective\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing \u003ci\u003eintifada\u003c\/i\u003e, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Writing with a novelist's command of narrative and a historian's grasp of fact and motive, Michael B. Oren reconstructs both the lightning-fast action on the battlefields and the political shocks that electrified the world. Extraordinary personalities--Moshe Dayan and Gamal Abdul Nasser, Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin--rose and toppled from power as a result of this war; borders were redrawn; daring strategies brilliantly succeeded or disastrously failed in a matter of hours. And the balance of power changed--in the Middle East and in the world. A towering work of history and an enthralling human narrative, \u003ci\u003eSix Days of War\u003c\/i\u003e is the most important book on the Middle East conflict to appear in a generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSix Days of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is not only the best book so far written on the six-day war, it is likely to remain the best.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Phenomenal . . . breathtaking history . . . a profoundly talented writer. . . . \u003cbr\u003e 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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" 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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A first-rate new account of the conflict.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--Martin Peretz, Publisher, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Compelling, perhaps even vital, reading.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael B. Oren\u003c\/b\u003e is an American-born Israeli historian and author, and was Israel's ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013. He has written three \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers--\u003ci\u003eAlly: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide; Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSix Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for history and the National Jewish Book Award. Throughout his illustrious career as a Middle East scholar, Dr. Oren has been a distinguished fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, \u003c\/i\u003eand a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown. \u003ci\u003eThe Forward \u003c\/i\u003enamed Oren one of the five most influential American Jews, and \u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e listed him as one of the world's ten most influential Jews. He currently lives with his family in Tel Aviv. He is a member of the Knesset and the Deputy Minister for Diplomacy in the Prime Minister's Office.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Presidio Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611438092562,"sku":"9780345461926","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51bf753a-8b80-4c67-8bbe-e4c756f392a9.jpg?v=1732361762","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/six-days-of-war-june-1967-and-the-making-of-the-modern-middle-east-9780345461926","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}