LESSONS LEARNED
Herzog on Yom Kippur: Being Open to Change: Isaac Herzog, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 25, 2023 — The Yom Kippur War was a watershed event in Israel’s history. A moment of profound national shock and trauma, it has left deep scars that, 50 years later, continue to punctuate the landscape of our society.
The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: Insights For Multi-Domain Operations: Association of the United States Army, Dec. 16, 2022 — The United States Army is embarking on a new era as it adopts Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) as its central warfighting concept.
Yom Kippur War: Was it Israel’s Spectacular Victory or Crushing Defeat?: Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 23, 2023
A Revisionist View of the Intelligence Failure of the Yom Kippur War: Amir Oren, The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, Dec. 2022
The Historian Who Says Israel Didn’t Screw Up the Yom Kippur War: Ofer Aderet, Haaretz, Sept. 21, 2023
The Yom Kippur War and the OPEC Oil Embargo: Edward Kunz, Origins, Sept. 25, 2023
For Further Reference:
The Yom Kippur War and the Shaping of the United States Air Force: Joseph S. Doyle, The Drew Papers No. 31, Feb. 28, 2019 — The Yom Kippur War of October 1973 had a fundamental influence on the United States Air Force.
Declassified Yom Kippur War Archives Highlight Painful Intel Lapses: i24 News and ILH Staff, Israel Hayom, June 29, 2023 — Israel on Sunday declassified a sizable cache of documents and images from the 1973 Yom Kippur War, a conflict whose 50th anniversary falls later this year. Some of the revelations offer insight into intelligence failings that made the conflict one of the most painful episodes in the state’s history.
Secret Soviet-Israeli Negotiations on the Eve of the Yom-Kippur War: Guy Laron, Wilson Center, no date — Relations between Israel and the Soviet Union during the latter half of the 20th century were akin to those between two porcupines trying to make love in the dark.
Matti Friedman on How the 1973 Yom Kippur War Impacted Leonard Cohen and What It Means Today: AJC, July 20, 2023 — Last month, we sat down with journalist and author Matti Friedman in a Jerusalem studio to talk about Leonard Cohen, the Israel-Diaspora relationship, and the turning point that was the 1973 Yom Kippur War.