The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its

The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources (SUNY series in Israeli Studies)

Examines how Israel was caught by surprise in the opening stages of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Based on many formerly undisclosed intelligence and military documents, the secret protocols of discussions on the eve of the war, and interviews with relevant figures, The Watchman Fell Asleep is a compelling account of Israelâ€™s intelligence failure before the 1973 Arab attack known as the Yom Kippur War. The Hebrew version of this book was awarded the Tshetshik Prize for Strategic Studies on Israelâ€™s Security in 2001, and the Israeli Political Science Associationâ€™s Best Book Award in 2002. Available here in English for the first time, Uri Bar-Joseph has crafted an authoritative explanation of the most traumatic event in Israelâ€™s stormy history and one of the biggest strategic military surprises of the twentieth century.

Uri Bar-Joseph is Professor of International Relations at Haifa University. He is the author of Intelligence Intervention in the Politics of Democratic States: The United States, Israel, and Britain and The Best of Enemies: Israel and Transjordan in the War of 1948.
Country USA
Manufacturer SUNY Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-02-01
Format Kindle eBook

The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources (SUNY series in Israeli Studies)