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

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

â€œA 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.â€
â€”General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army, ret.; author of My Share of the Task

June 5, 1967. The nineteen-year-old state of Israel isÂ surrounded by enemies who want nothing less thanÂ her utter extinction. The Soviet-equipped EgyptianÂ Army has massed a thousand tanks on the nationâ€™sÂ southern border. Syrian heavy guns are shelling herÂ from the north. To the east, Jordan and Iraq areÂ moving mechanized brigades and fighter squadronsÂ into position to attack. Egyptâ€™s President Nasser hasÂ declared that the Arab forceâ€™s objective is â€œthe destructionÂ of Israel.â€ The rest of the world turns a blind eyeÂ to the new nationâ€™s desperate peril.

June 10, 1967. The Arab armies have been routed,Â ground divisions wiped out, air forces totally destroyed.Â Israelâ€™s citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip andÂ the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan HeightsÂ from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank fromÂ Jordan. The land under Israeli control has tripled.Â Her charismatic defense minister, Moshe Dayan, hasÂ entered the Lionâ€™s Gate of the Old City of JerusalemÂ to stand with the paratroopers who have liberatedÂ Judaismâ€™s holiest siteâ€”the Western Wall, part of theÂ ruins of Solomonâ€™s temple, which has not been in JewishÂ hands for nineteen hundred years.

It is one of the most unlikely and astonishing militaryÂ victories in history.

Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with veteransÂ of the warâ€”fighter and helicopter pilots, tankÂ commanders and Recon soldiers, paratroopers, as wellÂ as women soldiers, wives, and othersâ€”bestsellingÂ author Steven Pressfield tells the story of the Six DayÂ War as youâ€™ve never experienced it before: in the voicesÂ of the young men and women who battled not onlyÂ for their lives but for the survival of a Jewish state, andÂ for the dreams of their ancestors.

By turns inspiring, thrilling, and heartbreaking, TheÂ Lionâ€™s Gate is both a true tale of military courage underÂ fire and a journey into the heart of what it means toÂ fight for oneâ€™s people.
Country USA
Manufacturer Sentinel
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-05-06
UnitCount 2
EANs 9781595230911

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Sentinel
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2014-05-06
UnitCount	2
EANs	9781595230911

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

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