A new book about Yom Kippur war was issued
in 2003, the title of the book is The Eve of Destruction : The
Untold Story of the Yom Kippur War by Howard Blum. And here a
brief description about the book:-
Book Description
".....And for the first
time, author Howard Blum uncovers the role of the Egyptian
double agent whose masterfully woven plot nearly succeeded in
toppling Israel ...."
From Publishers Weekly
"........Howard
Blum
begins with
a familiar question: how did Israel come to be not only caught
by surprise, but so unprepared that after the first days of
fighting many leaders believed the survival of the state was
at risk? Part of his answer is a top-level spy, code-named
"the In-Law" an Egyptian at the highest levels of government
who for four years before the Yom Kippur War had provided
Israel with a steady flow of valuable information. That data
in turn convinced Israel's military and political
establishment that war was impossible unless the Arab states
were a unified coalition possessing missiles and long-range
bombers."
Reviewer: Jeff Leach (see more about me) from Omaha, NE USA
"...... According to Blum, several important factors
contributed to the near defeat of Israel in the Yom Kippur
War. Mainly, and this factor supposedly appears in print for
the first time here, the Mossad and Israeli politicians made
the nearly fatal mistake of relying heavily on an Egyptian
double agent when formulating their national security
policies. Referred to by Blum as "The Concept," the
information this agent fed Israeli intelligence gave rise to a
belief that until Egypt acquired long-range missiles and
bombers and the Arab states unified, Israel would be safe.
This "concept" soon informed all aspects of Israeli military
and political policy to the point that a secret visit to
Israel by the King of Jordan about the Egyptian/Syrian war
plans went ignored."
Source:
Amzon.com
"The in Law is Ashraf Marawan husband of
Gamal Abdel Nasser's daughter"- translation of Howard
Blum's book by Egyptian newspaper Akhbar El Yom
