ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES THE SIX DAY WAR

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ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES THE SIX DAY WAR

Text: Nathan Shaham

Publisher: The Ministry of Defence (Israel)

240 pages

Year: 1968

Price: 75 €

Comments: Hardcover under dust jacket, 30,2 x 27,1 cm, b&w and color photographs. Inside very good condition, dust jacket in good condition other than edgewear and marks. Text in English. Very interesting design by W. Turnowsky & co.

"This album deals exclusively with the battles of the Israel Defence Forces in the Six Day War. A comprehensive review of that war would need to include the background, the political struggle, and an account of the civilian front, the munitions industry, public services and numerous other elements which played an essential part in the campaign. These, however, fall outside the scope of this work. Nor is there any description of the dramatic days of preparedness in late May and early June. The battles alone form the subject of this album. * * * In order to preserve the authenticity of this report, we have used original documents and photographs taken during the fighting. However, the action in some of the key battles, where the fighting was most bitter, was not photographed at the time, and in a few cases the scenes were re-enacted and shot. Use of this device was kept to the very minimum. It was resorted to only where omission would have meant distortion. * * * The text seeks to offer a running story, rather than serve simply as captions to the illustrations. The pictures, we hope, speak for themselves; but each records an isolated moment of action. The words set them in the wider context of the campaign. * * * The battle maps are the work of the draftsman in the Operations Branch of the General Staff. They are based on detailed analyses of the course of each battle, and were checked by the respective operational commanders. * * * Special thanks go to the History Department of the General Staff for its extensive and invaluable help. We also wish to thank the commanders who read the manuscript, the photographers whose pictures we have used, and the numerous other persons who gave us their help and enabled us to present this illustrated story of Israel's most remarkable campaign."

- The Editor, from the book

The book gathers images from various photographers and agency press.