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Index
Front Cover
Epigraph
Title Page
Contents
Foreword
A Note on Sources
Map
Introduction
1. In Israel—Fear of an American Initiative
The Challenge of Sadat
The Expulsion of Soviet Advisors
The Egyptian Army Changes Strategy
What Did Marwan Know?
Meanwhile, in Israel
“Let This Thing Go Away”
Ismail Would Not Decide
“How Am I Going to Fill Two Days with Him?”
Philosophical Discussions
The Public Meetings
2. Four Days in February
Sunday and Monday: Kissinger’s Talks with Ismail
Tuesday, February 27, 1973, 11:42, Meeting between Kissinger and Hussein
Tuesday, February 27, 1973, 15:30, Meeting between Kissinger and Rabin
The “Understandings of December 1971”
Wednesday, February 28, 1973, Morning, Meeting between Kissinger, Meir, and Rabin
Wednesday, February 28, 1973, 19:30, Meeting between Kissinger and Rabin
Thursday, March 1, 1973, 11:00, Meeting between Nixon and Meir at the White House
3. From Armonk to Golda’s Kitchen—March–April 1973
The First Steps: March 1973
Meir Calms Her Ministers: “Nothing Will Be Done behind Our Backs”
In Egypt: “We Will Wait for a Time to See What Results His Statement Will Bring”
The Secret Channel—From Doing Business to Dragging Feet
April: Military Tension Rising and Falling
Operation “Spring of Youth” in Israel
Meanwhile, in the Not-Secret-Enough Channel
In Golda’s Kitchen: Going to War, Not to a Political Agreement
4. To Paris and Back—May 1973
The First Warning from Hussein—“From Time to Time ‘Charles’ Has a Tendency to Exaggerate”
Egyptian Conduct: If They Threaten, They Don’t Fire
The Meeting in Moscow—What Is Amusing Kissinger and Brezhnev?
“Shaulson Will Be Disappointed”
Kissinger’s Distress: “I Think We Ought to Waste Time So That There’s No Blowup”
Kissinger and Ismail—Last Tango in Paris
5. Dayan: Gentlemen, Please Prepare for War—June–August 1973
On the Way to the Summit
By the Wayside
“Let Them Talk about Any Subject in the World Except Us”
The Last Minute of the Summit: “Brezhnev Was Seized with an All-Consuming Desire to Discuss the Middle East”
“We Came Out Well”
“Who Would You Like to Be My Assistant for Middle Eastern Affairs?”
Six Guests in the Officers’ Club in Alexandria
6. Dayan’s Political Conception—September 1973
“Terrorists Plotted to Bring Down an El Al Plane in Rome Using Russian Rockets”
“What Is Moshe Dayan Cooking Up?”
“The Americans Are Talking a Lot about the Need for Progress”
A Three-Way Summit in Cairo
September 13: Thirteen MiGs
In Israel: “To Prepare the Army for a Period of Calm”
Why Did They Advance the Zero Hour?
“But We Were Going to Put Pressure on Them”
“An Election Season Is Not a Convenient Time for Serious Discussion”
7. Six Days Before the War—Who Was Responsible?
Sunday, September 30: In Israel No One Is Talking and No One Is Telling Kissinger
Monday, October 1: “The Arabs Talk and Talk”
Tuesday, October 2: “Israel Will Be Acting Foolishly If It Rejects the Kissinger Plan”
Wednesday, October 3: “To Share the Picture Rather Than to Make a Decision”
Thursday, October 4: “This Month We Will Not Transform the World”
Friday, October 5: “The Russians Know That the Egyptians and Syrians Are Going to Attack”
8. Yisrael, What Do We Do Now?
“The Entire IDF Should Not Be Mobilized Because of Zamir’s Stories”
“Zvika’s Source Says That the War Can Be Avoided By an Information Leak”
Planes Lacking a Political Captain
Waking Kissinger: “We May Be in Trouble”
“They’ll Be Sorry”
Appendix: The Story of Ashraf Marwan and the Yom Kippur War
For Whom Was Marwan Acting?
Did Marwan Knowingly Deceive Israel?
The False Warning Period
Syria and Egypt Prepare for War
The Last Days before the War
Last-Day Question Marks
To What Extent Did Marwan Affect Israeli Decision-Making?
The Chief of Staff
The Head of Military Intelligence
The Head of the Mossad
The Prime Minister
The Defense Minister
Who Revealed Ashraf Marwan’s Identity?
Was the Timing of Marwan’s Death Coincidental?
Dramatis Personae
Timeline of Events
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Notes
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