Reprint. Originally published: London : I. Allan, 1980.

Prologue -- Background -- The War of 1948 -- The Second Arab-Israeli War and the Suez Crisis of 1956 -- The Six-Day War of 1967 -- Strategy and relative strengths in 1967 -- Israel's pre-emptive attack -- The land battles -- The war at sea -- 1967 aftermath : the war of attrition -- Yom Kippur 1973 -- The military balance 1973 -- Operation Badr -- Replenishing the arsenals -- The Israeli breakthorugh -- Cease-fire -- Epilogue.