Chaim Herzog was a major-general in the Israeli army and later President of Israel. He died in 1997. Shlomo Gazit is the former head of Israeli Military Intelligence.
The best single-volume history of the Arab-Israeli wars. -- The New York Times <br> A volume that anyone who wants to understand what Israel has endured will have to read. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> Masterly and all-embracing. --John Keegan, Sunday Times <br> Lucid, remarkably fair minded. - Business Week <br> Masterly. - Los Angeles Times Book Review