Notes From SIX DAYS OF WAR

released 28 aug 05 / last mod 01 jun 07 / greg goebel / public domain

* In 2002, an Israeli scholar name Michael B. Oren published SIX DAYS OF WAR: JUNE 1967 & THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST, a detailed history of the 1967 Mideast conflict. This document provides an outline of the book.

[1.0] Arab-Israeli Conflicts 1948:1966

• [1.1] ORIGINS OF A NATION
  
• [1.2] THE 1956 SUEZ CRISIS
  
• [1.3] A TIME OF UNEASY PEACE
  
• [1.4] FRICTIONS BUILD
  

[2.0] Pressure Builds

• [2.1] STUMBLING TOWARD WAR
  
• [2.2] NASSER EVICTS UNEF
  
• [2.3] NASSER CLOSES THE STRAITS OF TIRAN
  
• [2.4] WASHINGTON DITHERS
  
• [2.5] TENSIONS RISE
  
• [2.6] HUSSEIN SHOWS HIS HAND
  
• [2.7] ISRAEL COMMITS TO WAR
  

[3.0] The Mideast At War, 5 To 7 June 1967

• [3.1] 5 JUNE: THE ISRAELI BLITZ
  
• [3.2] 5 JUNE: THE WAR IN THE WEST
  
• [3.3] 5 JUNE: POLITICAL SHOCKWAVES
  
• [3.4] 6 JUNE: THE EGYPTIANS FLEE
  
• [3.5] 6 JUNE: THE WAR IN THE WEST AND NORTH
  
• [3.6] 6 JUNE: CEASEFIRE TALKS
  
• [3.7] 7 JUNE: THE ISRAELIS DRIVE FORWARD
  
• [3.8] 7 JUNE: POLITICAL MANEUVERINGS
  

[4.0] The Mideast At War, 8 To 10 June 1967 / The Aftermath

• [4.1] 8 JUNE: CHANGING FOCUS
  
• [4.2] 8 JUNE: ATTACK ON THE LIBERTY
  
• [4.3] 8 JUNE: THE SINAI BATTLE WINDS DOWN
  
• [4.4] 9 JUNE: THE HAMMER FALLS ON SYRIA
  
• [4.5] 9 JUNE: NASSER RESIGNS
  
• [4.6] 10 JUNE: TAKING THE GOLAN
  
• [4.7] THE AFTERMATH (1)
  
• [4.8] THE AFTERMATH (2)