The Lion's Gate : On the Front Lines of the Six Day War - Steven Pressfield

The Lion's Gate

On the Front Lines of the Six Day War

By: Steven Pressfield

Paperback | 26 May 2015

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From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel, the thrilling true story of one of the most unlikely and astonishing military victories in history.

June 5, 1967. Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army has massed a thousand tanks on the nation's southern border. Syrian heavy guns are shelling her from the north. To the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving mechanized brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack.

June 10, 1967. The Arab armies have been routed, their air forces totally destroyed. Israel's citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan. Moshe Dayan has entered the Lion's Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem to stand with the paratroopers who have liberated Judaism's holiest site-the Western Wall.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with veterans of the war-fighter and helicopter pilots, tank commanders and Recon soldiers, paratroopers, as well as women soldiers, wives, and others-bestselling author Steven Pressfield tells the story of the Six Day War as you've never experienced it before.

Industry Reviews
Few histories of this critical war peel back the layers of elation and tension running through the six days of battle like The Lion s Gate. The Wall Street Journal Deeply reported and compellingly told. The Los Angeles Times I was in awe of The Lion s Gate. Huffington Post This story from the Israeli air force is one of the greatest management lessons you ll read. Forbes A brilliant look into the psyche of combat. Where he once took us into the Spartan line of battle at Thermopylae, Steven Pressfield now takes us into the sands of the Sinai, the alleys of Old Jerusalem, and into the hearts and souls of soldiers winning a spectacularly improbable victory against daunting odds. General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army, ret.; author of My Share of the Task"

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