Summary
Uri Bar-Joseph (LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the intelligence failure of the Yom Kippur War. Uri is an author and professor emeritus at Haifa University.
What You’ll Learn
Intelligence
- How Israel failed to predict the Yom Kippur War
- Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan’s role in the War
- How Israeli intelligence evolved post-War
- Israeli leadership’s accountability for the failure
Reflections
- Learning and adapting from mistakes
- Catastrophe and national trauma
And much, much more …
Resources
SURFACE SKIM
*SpyCasts*
*Beginner Resources*
DEEPER DIVE
Books
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Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East, U. Kaufman (St. Martin Press, 2023)
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THE ANGEL: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, U. Bar-Joseph (Harper Publishing, 2017)
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The Watchmen Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources, U. Bar-Joseph (State University of New York Press, 2005)
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The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East, A. Rabinovich (Shocken, 2004)
Primary Sources
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