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How the victorious IDF of 1967 become the defeated IDF of 2006

Martin van Creveld June 1, 2007

Nearly a year has passed since Israel\’s 2006 war in Lebanon and 40 since the June 1967 war. Those familiar with last summer\’s war might well rub their eyes in disbelief. Given how badly the Israel Defense Forces performed in Lebanon, where it was stymied by a guerrilla organization numbering just a few thousand fighters, is it really true that once upon a time the IDF routed four Arab armies in just six days?

Bittersweet legacy of the Six-Day War

Leslie Susser June 1, 2007

Was the Six-Day War a blessing or a curse for Israel\’s place in the Middle East and its long-term survival? Forty years on, the jury is still out.

Historiographical struggles: Archives dispel claims Israel sought Six-Day War

Michael Oren June 1, 2007

Great wars in history eventually become great wars about history. Only a few years after the last soldier leaves the battlefield, accepted truths about the nature of a military conflict and the motivations for it invariably come under assault by revisionists and counter-revisionists, whose vehemence can rival that of the original combatants. This again becomes the case with the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War.

‘Empire’ Conquers Monstrous Task

Howard Kaplan April 13, 2006

It is not accidental that Gershom Gorenberg limited his substantial study, \”The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977,\” to the first decade of the settler movement, for by 1977, when Menachem Begin and the right gained power for the first time in Israeli history, 80 settlements housing more than 11,000 Israelis already dotted the territories captured in the 1967 Six-Day War.

These Soldiers We Remember

Gaby Wenig April 22, 2004

Yigal Shaked warned his mother that if she told the enlisting officers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that he should be excused from service because of his asthma, he would never speak to her again.

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How the victorious IDF of 1967 become the defeated IDF of 2006

Bittersweet legacy of the Six-Day War

Historiographical struggles: Archives dispel claims Israel sought Six-Day War

‘Empire’ Conquers Monstrous Task

These Soldiers We Remember

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