List of Maps xi

Preface to the Revised Edition xiii

Preface xvii

Prologue 3

1 Footprints in the Sand 5

2 The Man in the Peasant Robe 10

3 Dovecote 17

4 Badr 28

5 Illusions 36

6 Summer Lull 44

7 A Royal Visit 52

8 Sword from the Scabbard 60

9 Countdown 73

10 Yom Kippur Morning 95

11 The Egyptian Crossing 115

12 The Humbling of the Tank 122

13 Mobilization 144

14 Syrian Breakthrough 161

15 Darkest at Dawn 193

16 The Fall of the Southern Golan 205

17 The Beanstalk 212

18 The Battle for Nafakh 219

19 Cut Off 232

20 Hand on the Tiller 243

21 Failed Counterattack 264

22 Bomb Damascus 285

23 Touching Bottom 302

24 Golan Counterattack 318

25 Iraqi Intervention 347

26 Powers That Be 361

27 Change in Command 370

28 Decision to Cross 381

29 Stouthearted Men 391

30 The Chinese Farm 415

31 The Bridges 434

32 Crossing into Africa 452

33 Breakout 471

34 Kissinger to the Fore 501

35 Cease-fire 514

36 Suez City 530

37 Nuclear Alert 540

38 Aftermath 563


Notes 581

A Selected Bibliography 593

Index 603