Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East

By Michael B. Oren

Categories: History

Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East (2002) by Michael B. Oren is a history of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Drawing on archives and interviews from many countries, Oren traces the tensions that led to the conflict, the fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria over six days in June 1967, and the war's lasting effects on the region, including Israel's control of the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai and the Golan Heights.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “It's a terrific book of history. It's called "Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East."”