In June 1967, a series of escalations between Israel and its Arab neighbors culminated in one of the fastest and most decisive military campaigns in modern history — the Six-Day War. Michael B. Oren reconstructs the conflict through newly accessible archival records from all sides, including Israeli, Egyptian, Syrian, Jordanian, Soviet, and American sources. The book traces how a buildup of tensions led to an unprecedented six days of fighting that fundamentally reshaped the borders and political landscape of the Middle East.
Michael Bornstein Oren (Hebrew: מיכאל אורן; born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-born Israeli historian, author, politician, former ambassador to the United States (2009–2013), and former member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party and a former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
Oren has written books, articles, and essays on Middle Eastern history, and is the author of the New York Times best-selling Power, Faith and Fantasy and *Six Days of War: June 1967...