Saad El Shazly

October War, Arabic Edition Saad El Shazly

The October war is the Arabic revised edition, with three new chapters. It is an inside look by the Egyptian Chief of Staff at events leading up to and including the 1973 Arab Israeli war. The book gives a day to day account of the war, the capture of the Bar Lev line, the subsequent split between the political and military leadership and the aftermath of the Israeli penetration through Egyptian lines The new chapters are a response to the questions and opinions about the war and the book since its first publication 1980