The Six Day War: The History and Legacy of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and Its Impact on the Middle East

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography and online resources for further reading In early June 1967, the Israelis captured Jordanian intelligence that indicated an invasion was imminent, and at 08h10 on June 5, 1967, the Israel Broadcasting Authority aired an Israeli Defense Force communique. 'Since the early hours of this morning,' it read, 'heavy fighting has been taking place on the southern front between Egyptian armored and aerial forces, which moved against Israel, and our forces, which went into action to check them.' This was followed up a little over two hours later by a publicly aired message to the armed forces of Israel, released by Israeli Minister of Defense Moshi Dayan in his first day in office. 'We have no aims of conquest,' was Dayan' simple message. 'Our only aim is to frustrate the attempt of the Arab armies to conquer our country, and to sever and crush the ring of blockade and aggression which has been created around us.' By then, the Israeli Air Force had