Oct 04, 2017 these lessons from the 1973 arabisraeli warlinking military action to political goals, guarding against cognitive biases and, when appropriate, recognizing opportunities to improve ones own lot by acknowledging the interests of an adversaryare fundamental to the successful conduct of war and peace in any time and place. The intelligence failure of the yom kippur war of 1973. By connecting the superpower politics of detente to the local dynamics of the arabisraeli conflict, craig daigles book offers a bold defense of superpower agency. Cairo time, egyptian and syrian forces launched coordinated attacks on israeli forces in the sinai and the golan heights. Kissinger told soviet envoy during 1973 arabisraeli war. Origins and consequences cambridge university press pp. If 1967 was a classical study of preemptive offensive, then this war of 1973 can be considered how an air force ought to react to enemys initiative and offensive. Egyptian president anwar sadat once called it the last war. Arabs resolve was strengthened by the humiliation of their decisive defeat. The conflict is essentially over now, as israel has become an isolationist police state while the arab nations effectively no longer exist, their territories devastated by the use of weapons of mass destruction gla bioweapons and chinese nukes.
United states middle east policy and united nations deliberations. The arab israeli war in october 1973 holds many operational lessons for u. The october war called the yom kippur war by the israelis and the ramadan war by the arabs began on 6 october 1973. These lessons from the 1973 arab israeli war linking military action to political goals, guarding against cognitive biases and, when appropriate, recognizing opportunities to improve ones own lot by acknowledging the interests of an adversaryare fundamental to the successful conduct of war and peace in any time and place.
Egypts initial war objective was to use its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the suez canal and use this to. The conditions that shaped the 1973 war were established six years prior. Arabisraeli wars, series of military conflicts between israeli and various arab forces, most notably in 194849, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and 2006. To link to this object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this object, paste this html in website. From box now you can refight the battles that determined the fate of nations. The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6, 1973, on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan, the. Following the military confrontation against syria and egypt, israel was more amenable to a peace settlement. Tensions between israel and the arabs have been complicated and heightened by the political, strategic, and economic interests in the area of the great powers. In the backstory for rise of the reds, the arabisraeli conflict got subsumed by the gla war. Kissingers memo to nixon on the morning of the 1973 war. Us diplomatic file showing how the us and ussr attempted to avert war. In examining the role of the soviets in the october 1973 war, the author seeks to provide an understanding of soviet capabilities for dealing with an acute international crisis. At the time of yom kippur, israel was led by golda meir, syria by hafezal assad and egypt by anwar sadat.
The war of 1948 was the almost inevitable result of more than half a century of arab jewish friction and conflict that began with the arrival in eretz yisrael the land of israel, or palestine, of the first jewish immigrants from eastern europe in the early 1880s. The 1973 arab israeli war, deluxe edition, represents an updated game treatment of the gdw release originally published in 1977, faithfully remastered and updated with this allnew, deluxe edition. The war thus paved the way for secretary of state henry kissingers shuttle diplomacy and ultimately, the israeliegyptian peace treaty of 1979. The 1967 arab israeli war transformed tiny israel into a regional superpower. The war took place mostly in sinai and the golanoccupied by israel during the 1967 sixday warwith some fighting in african egypt and northern israel. Known variously as the october war or the yom kippur war. It lasted for some 18 days and was marked by violent tank battles, air warfare, skirmishes at sea and heavy artillery attacks. The arab israeli war of 1973 ended the stalemate in peace negotiations that had existed prior to the war.
Israeli pdf format 46k zip ppt 16k egyptian pdf format 285k zip ppt 77k syrian pdf format 394k zip ppt 65k cold war forces 1980s cold war. A weaker adversary can match his strengths against the weaknesses of a superior foe in a conventional conflict to attain strategic success. Fortyfive years since the october war in 1973, israel still occupies palestinian territories and syrian golan heights. Aug 09, 2019 during the arabisraeli war in october 1973, secretary of state henry kissinger had frequent discussions with soviet ambassador anatoly dobrynin. The yom kippur war of october 1973 had a fundamental influence on the united states air force. Most popular yom kippur war movies and tv shows imdb. Politics, charity, and terrorism in the service of jihad by matthew levitt, the yom kippur war. Battles that were mammoth struggles for crossroads and passes and battles that were pinprick raids. Oct 11, 2017 the war, known to israelis as the yom kippur war, and to arabs as the october war, ushered in a new reality in the arab world and changed the face of us foreign policy towards the middle east. The author argues that if the pattern of sovietamerican relations in the middle east in earlier years is defined as detente, then the term also characterizes superpower interactions during october 1973.
Players will represent the israeli and arab high commands and maneuver their units and conduct combat in an attempt to attain the objectives of their respective nations. Cold war east german pdf format 353k zip ppt 73k v1. The yom kippur war elizabeth stephens examines how thirtyfive years ago this month the surprise invasion of israel by egypt and its allies started the process that led to camp david. The yom kippur war the ramadan war the october war the fourth arab israeli war it was fought from. The modern roots of the arabisraeli conflict date back to the. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Yom kippur war, also called the october war, the ramadan war, or the fourth arabisraeli war, damaging inconclusive war and the fourth of the arabisraeli wars. Backed by arms from the soviet union, egypt and syria made significant territorial gains in sinai and the golan heights. Overview and analysis of the conflict this study examines the military operations of egypt, syria, and israel during the 1973 middle east war with a view to providing some indications of future force developments in the area. These include israels war of independence and the palestinian nakbah, the suez crisis, the sixday war, the yom kippur war, and two wars in lebanon. The arabisraeli wars, 19671973 international relations. The arabisraeli wars arab league egypt, iraq, transjordan, lebanon, and syria vs. Home combat studies institute csi 1973 arabisraeli war.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Israel a coalition of arab states led by egypt and. The yom kippur war, ramadan war, or october war hebrew. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Only two or three, if you count the losblocking ridges on top of hills elevations. In 1967, israel launched attacks on egypt, jordan and syria, unleashing the june war, that resulted in the israeli occupation of what remained of historic palestine, as well as the egyptian sinai desert, and the golan heights from syria. This was a case wherein israeli af had to stem the enemy advance on two fronts, each serious enough to threaten the existence of the state of israel itself. Egypt and syria attacked israel, catching israel off guard. Israeli vehicles did not however add ir equipment to their tanks until after the 1973 war. While arab and israeli ground forces were sparring and regrouping, syrian and israeli air forces were engaged in battle and the israeli air force bombed the international airport at damascus.
It followed israel winning the independence war of 19471948, spectacularly winning the six day war of 1967, surviving the war of attrition 19671970 in spit. Sadat wants a war with israel to reclaim lost territory. Timeless lessons from the october 1973 arabisraeli war. Israel tripartite alliance france, united kingdom, and. The arabisraeli war of 1973 ended the stalemate in peace negotiations that had existed prior to the war. The 1973 arab israeli war, referred to variously as the yom kippur war, the war of atonement, the war of ramadan, and the october war, was the fourth major conflict in this series. Egypt and syria initiated the conflict to regain territories that israel had occupied since the sixday war of 1967. Dec 27, 20 arab israeli war or yom kippur war of 1973 slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. By the 1973 yom kippur war egyptian and syrian armies some vehicles were equipped with, and using, infrared night fighting operationally.
Shippensburg university shippensburg, pennsylvania on the morning of 6 october 1973, the inexperienced young reservists of the israel defense force idf stationed on the barlev line in the sinai peninsula received the order to mobilize in light of a possible egyptian assault. The roots of the fighting in 1973 lay in the sixday war of june 1967, when the israel defense forces idf trounced combined arab armies and took the golan heights from syria, the sinai peninsula from egypt, and east jerusalem from jordan. The yom kippur war october 1973 the war, which started on the holiest day in the jewish calendar, the day of atonement, was the fiercest arab israeli war since the 1948 war of independence. The book focuses on the origins of the 1973 arabisraeli war, casting the regional story through the lens of the cold war. The yom kippur war also known as the ramadan war and the october war was a war between israel and a group of arab countries led by egypt and syria. Israel still has peace treaties with only two arab states, egypt and jordan. On october 6, 1973, the yom kippur war broke out between israel and egypt syria. The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6, 1973, on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan, the month of fasting in islam, and. Npmp, nscf, box 1174, 1973 middle east war 10 october 1973 file no. Known variously as the october war or the yom kippur war, this conflict lasted until.
Arabisraeli war of 1973 jsource the workmens circle. Click download or read online button to get the arab israel conflict and its resolution book now. Khalidi, rashid 2012, the 1967 war and the demise of the arab nationalism. What lessons were learned from the 1973 yom kippur war. The arab israel conflict and its resolution download ebook. October 6egypt and syria attack israeli positions on yom kippur, starting the 1973 arabisraeli war. Superpower agency and the 1973 arabisraeli war diplomatic. It forced the nixon administration to realize that arab frustration over israels unwillingness to withdraw from the territories it had occupied in 1967 could have major strategic consequences for the united states. Either of the two fronts the golan heights and the suez canal may be gamed separately, or both can be linked to simulate the course of the entire war. This first volume presents the international efforts to resolve the conflict following the six day war, and israels response to them. The yom kippur war and the shaping of the united states.
The superpowers in the arabisraeli conflict, 19701973 rand. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Arabisraeli wars, series of military conflicts between israeli and various arab forces, most notably in 194849, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and. In october of 1973, egypt and syria launch a sneak attack on israel. The military forces of egypt, israel, jordan, and syria are yours to commandcan you lead them to. Victories that strike like lightning, if you can win themlike the victories of israeli arms in 1956 and 1967. The yom kippur war, ramadan war, or october war also known as the 1973 arabisraeli war, was a war fought from 6 to 25 october, 1973, by a coalition of. It is intended to uncover indications of future force developments and military performance in the area.
In the second week of june 1967, princeton universitys graduating class of 1957 held its tenthyear reunion. Arabisraeli war of 1973, armed conflict between israel and the arab countries of egypt and syria, fought during the month of october 1973. Despite early military gains by arab forces, israel achieved military victory. The war began on the jewish day of repentance of yom kippur in 1973, and it happened during the muslim month of ramadan. During a conversation on 18 october 1973, after he agreed that the military situation was stable, even stalemated, kissinger declared that my nightmare is a victory for either side. The state of israel and its arab neighbors have fought regular wars several times, specifically in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973. A howto guide in making of how to bring a look and feel similar to your favorite boardgame into cs. Not all observers reckon this as a war, which accounts for the fact that some refer to the october war of 1973 as the fourth and others as the fifth arab israeli war. The costume theme, announced weeks in advance, was arabian. This study analyzes the problems that beset israel in the aftermath of its decisive victory in the six day war over the arabs. The focus is on the changing nature of soviet involvement in the arab israeli conflict and the pattern of u.
Maps of the 1973 arabisraeli war wikimedia commons. In the 1973 war, anwar sadat, egypts president, was able to exploit israeli vulnerabilities to achieve political success through a limited war. The compiling of the october 1973 arabisraeli war by adam howard this past july, the office of the historian was proud to publish the foreign relations of the united states frus volume covering the u. But 40 years after sadat uttered those words, the arab israeli conflict has no end in sight. Arabisraeli war of 1973 article about arabisraeli war of. Bar lev is a game of the 1973 arab israeli war, referred to by the israelis as the war of atonement or the yom kippur war, and by the arabs as the war of ramadan. The first volume of a planned threevolume study that is expected to cover core aspects of the arab israeli conflict between the end of the six day war and the beginning of the 1973 yom kippur war. Israels stunning victory in the sixday war of 1967 left the jewish nation in control of territory four times its. Mar 31, 20 the yom kippur war, ramadan war or october war, also known as the 1973 arab israeli war and the fourth arab israeli war, was fought from october 6 to october 26, 1973 by a coalition of arab states. Yom kippur war simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Overview and analysis of the conflict introduction this study examines the military operations of the major combatantsegypt, syria, and israelduring the october 1973 middle east war.
The war of 1973 yom kippur war, ramadan war, or october war, was fought from october 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of arab states led by egypt and syria against israel. October 6egypt and syria attack israeli positions on yom kippur, starting the 1973 arab israeli war. The 1973 conflict was called the yom kippur war and although it opened with a series of arab victories in the end the israelis managed to contain their opponents and then defeat them by counterattacking with their mobile forces. It is the closest the world got to a real example of what a war between the nato and the warsaw pact would have looked like. August 23, 1973in preparation for the yom kippur war, saudi king faisal and egyptian president anwar sadat meet in riyadh and secretly negotiate an accord whereby the arabs will use the oil weapon as part of the military conflict. Yom kippur war, also called the october war, the ramadan war, or the fourth arab israeli war, damaging inconclusive war and the fourth of the arab israeli wars. August 23, 1973 in preparation for the yom kippur war, saudi king faisal and egyptian president anwar sadat meet in riyadh and secretly negotiate an accord whereby the arabs will use the oil weapon as part of the military conflict. Here we bring together its impact on israel and on the jewish communities in the arab countries. Arab israeli war of 1973, armed conflict between israel and the arab countries of egypt and syria, fought during the month of october 1973. In october of 1973, egypt and syria launch a sneak attack on israel during the jewish holiday of yom kippur.
On october 6, 1973, egypt and syria launched a surprise attack against israel on the jewish holiday of yom kippur. Home school of advanced military studies monographs 1973 arab israeli war. Lessonlesson 2 the arabisraeli conflictthe arabisraeli. In any event, a major transition in the middle east came on 28 september 1970, when president nasser died. Some time before, the israeli defense force head of intelligence summons several journalists for a debriefing in his press room. Moscows treatment of the arab israeli war has made much of. The impact of the yom kippiir war that erupted on october 6th, 1973, far outweighed its relatively short duration of twenty days of heavy fighting. Arab israeli war 1973 synonyms, arab israeli war 1973 pronunciation, arab israeli war 1973 translation, english dictionary definition of arab israeli war 1973. Days before the event, however, the third major arabisraeli war broke out.