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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
`The War of Atonement, October 1973'
Gen Herzog's Appraisal of the Yom Kippur War
A remarkable appraisal
of the tragic events that
marked the October 1973
War is provided in the ac-
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count given by Maj. Gen.
Chaim Herzog in "The War
of Atonement, October
1973" (Little, Brown Co.,
Boston).
Gen. Herzog, who has just
assumed the new role of am-
bassador and chief delegate
of Israel to the United Na-
tions, is recognized among
his country's chief spokes-
men and mQst authoritative
judges of the military, polit-
ical and foreign problems
affecting Israel. His impor-
tant book, subtitled "The
Fateful Implications of the
Arab-Israeli Conflict,"
emerges as the most signifi-
cant of the numerous books
dealing with the Yom Kup-
pur War.
Factual, frank, facing ev-
ery problem head-on, re-
gardless of the personal
implications involving the
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CHAIM HERZOG
Israeli military and political
leaders, Gen. Herzog por-
trays the events of two
years ago in a fashion that
enlightens the reader who is
concerned with the realities
of the occurrences and pro-
vides guidance for his con-
feres in the Israel govern-
ment to prevent recurrences
of what could have been
avoided.
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who now concede that
mobilization of Israel's
forces the day before the
fateful Yom Kippur, when
some concern already was
expressed about an im-
pending war, would as-
suredly have completely
routed the invading Arab
armies. As events devel-
oped, Gen. Herzog reaf-
firms the realism of the
few days after the Yom
Kippur shock that a nation
caught unaware, for a
brief period in danger of
destruction, quickly
emerged as the victor, re-
cording for history, in a
situation of being over-
whelmingly outnumbered
and overstocked with mili-
tary hardware, as a most
miraculous victor. The re-
sults of the Yom Kippur
War are viewed by Gen.
Herzog as the greatest mil-
itary achievement in all
history.
The significance of Gen.
Herzog's anal y ses lies in his
concessions of error. On the
day before Yom Kippur
1973, instead of mobilizing,
the military were concerned
with discussions about dis-
cipline.
There were, it is indi-
cated, blunders in making
military leadership assign-
ments.
Especially blundering, it
is pointed out, was the fail-
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ure to recognize definite
Arab abilities to conduct a
war and to display acts of
bravery on the battlefield.
The Arabs were not to be
viewed as cowardly, and
while they could not match
Israel soon after the Israeli
soldiers regained their pos-
ture less than three days
after the fateful Yom Kip-
pur, Egyptians and Syrians
did fight bravely in the ini-
tial attacks.
A major shock resulting
from the blunders preceding
Yom Kippur preparations
for defense was the element
of surprise. Both the Egyp-
tians and the Syrians
proved they could keep the
secret of their plans and- 1
their joint surprise moves
caught Israel unprepared.
This is where Israel's
intelligence forces failed,
and on that score there i0
the rebuke stemming from
the thorough analysis of
the situation by Gen. Her-
zog.
evince an interest in the
number of tanks available,
but not in the state of the
tanks. He relied entirely on
the chief of staff and the
terest in the front line
whenever it erupted and in
the army's planning and
operations. But as a minis-
ter he took little interest in
the day-to-day life of the
army, impatient of the de-
tails which go into the
management of the largest
single organization in the
country.
Continued on Page 29)
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by the commission of in-
quiry, Gen. HerZog makes
important observations, ap-
praises the attitudes of
some, exonerates several.
Of interest in this connec-
tion is former Prime Minis-
ter Golda Meir's declaration
in her autobiography,. just
published, that she felt re-
gret at not having ordered
mobilization of Israel's mili-
tary forces before Yom Kip-
pur. On the score of Mrs.
Meir's status in the Herzog
historical record, and that
of former Defense Minister
Moshe Dayan, the Herzog
book provides significant
views. He states in "The
War of Atonement":
"Dayan is a man of un-
usual ability who preferred
to focus on certain aspects
of his job and ignore all oth-
ers. On the other hand, he
tended to try to share re-
sponsibility with various
functionaries—highlighted
by his custom of being ac-
companied to Cabinet meet-
ings by the chief of staff and
the director of intellig-
ence—creating a situation
in which he could say: 'They
said it, I didn't.'
"He developed the bril-
liantly successful Israeli
policy in the occupied ter-
ritories, which interested
him. He took a direct in-
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