How can understanding the details of the Six-Day War help us understand the current conflict in Israel?
Well, the obvious connection is the territories, which today are so violently disputed. Other long-term ramifications with profound impact were that the war was the death knell for Arab nationalism, and it opened the door for the new idiom of Islamic extremists. The Six-Day War ends the interstate conflict, and returns it to one that is principally of Israeli Jews against the Palestinians. It’s not an accident that the PLO was inaugurated in 1968. It also inaugurates the US-Israel relationship. Before that, it was France. After all, the US said “maybe we should have this powerhouse democracy on our side.” Q: Your book lists interviews with Jordanians, Syrians, Egyptians, and Soviets along with the expected Israelis and Americans. How did you go about these interviews? Were these people willing to talk about their war experiences, and why? Each interview was different. The Jordanians are proud of their performance in the Six-Day War. They felt they fought valiantly against greater numbe
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