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The Third Arab-Israeli War
Book by O'Ballance, Edgar
- GenresMiddle East
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1972
About the author
Edgar O'Ballance
46 books7 followersMajor Edgar O'Ballance was a British military journalist, researcher, defence commentator and academic lecturer specialising in international relations and defence problems.
He was emergency commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Sergeant in the Sherwood Foresters on 19 January 1941. As a temporary Major he was mentioned in dispatches for service in Palestine between 27 March and 30 June 1948.
He served in the army until 1948.
In April 1953 he was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Captain, serving with the Sherwood Foresters. He was promoted Major in March 1955. In June 1963 he transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the General List. In July 1965 he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration.
In 1968 he transferred from the General List (Territorial Army) to the General List (Regular Army Reserve of Officers) and having achieved the age limit on 17 July 1968 (his 50th birthday) retired retaining the rank of Major.
He worked as a journalist for a US Wire Agency from 1948 to 1962, and was thereafter a freelance journalist. He covered over twenty wars and insurgencies and wrote extensively on international relations, defence and strategic problems. He was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Chairman of the London-based Military Commentators' Circle. He wrote many articles for military journals and was the author of over forty books.
He was emergency commissioned a Second Lieutenant from Sergeant in the Sherwood Foresters on 19 January 1941. As a temporary Major he was mentioned in dispatches for service in Palestine between 27 March and 30 June 1948.
He served in the army until 1948.
In April 1953 he was commissioned into the Territorial Army as a Captain, serving with the Sherwood Foresters. He was promoted Major in March 1955. In June 1963 he transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the General List. In July 1965 he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Decoration.
In 1968 he transferred from the General List (Territorial Army) to the General List (Regular Army Reserve of Officers) and having achieved the age limit on 17 July 1968 (his 50th birthday) retired retaining the rank of Major.
He worked as a journalist for a US Wire Agency from 1948 to 1962, and was thereafter a freelance journalist. He covered over twenty wars and insurgencies and wrote extensively on international relations, defence and strategic problems. He was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Chairman of the London-based Military Commentators' Circle. He wrote many articles for military journals and was the author of over forty books.
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August 27, 2015
A very good history of the 1967 Six Day Arab Israeli war written in a very accessible and detailed way. It's only drawback was that it was written in the early 1970s when a lot of information had not been released or discovered yet, and it seems even the name Six day war hadn't been settled on yet and instead he settles on the name the third Arab Israeli war.
April 30, 2021
كتاب من محلل عسكري مخضرم يتحدث عن حرب من أهم الحروب التي دارت في منطقة الشرق الأوسط، و التي غيرت الكيان السكاني و السياسي لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط فيما بعد. الكاتب موضوعي و أعطى لكل ذي قدر قدره، و أكد -بالرغم من ندرة المعلومات- حجم قتال الجانب العربي في الحرب، الذي لطالما أُلقي وراءَ الظهور، و طوي في غياهب النسيان في خضم التحضير للمستقبل. الآن لابد أن تتضح هذه الأمور و تعلم الأجيال المتعاقبة أن العرب لا يُذبحون كالأوز، بل يقاتلون بشرف مهما كانت الصعوبات. ألقى الكتاب الضوء على عدة نقاط وضعت التفوق العسكري الاسرائيلي أمراً واقع، و مر على استحياء بالغ بالظروف السياسية. أوضح أيضاً عدة جوانب هامة في حروب الصحراء بشكل مباشر و غير مباشر، مما ألقى ضوءاً ساطعاً على واحد من أهم الصعوبات الجغرافية أمام تقدم الجيش الاسرائيلي. و بمناسبة الجغرافيا فوصف معالم المناطق و الحدود الطبيعية و الجغرافية كان أقرب للصحة في معظم أجزاء الكتاب، و هو أمر هام في هذا النوع من الأدب الاستراتيجي. الترجمة كانت ممتازة ومهنية.
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