Yom Kippur. The holiest day of the Jewish calendar. A blinding shower of high explosives rains down on a collection of concrete bunkers and observation posts sunk in the Sinai sand. Minutes later, six hundred Egyptian tanks roll onto pontoon bridges to cross the Suez Canal while one hundred Syrian MiGs and Sukhoi bombers scream across the skies above the Golan Heights.
The Arab forces have caught Israel completely by surprise and have her burning at both ends. For the first time, leaders in Tel Aviv consider a nuclear strike as a possible retaliation.
The next two weeks will determine the future of the Middle East and in the progress bring the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the threshold of nuclear war.
The Two O'Clock War is a fast-paced, minute-by-minute account of that fateful October when Israel was almost lost, a monumental American airlift saved her, and two superpowers started down the barrel of the nuclear gun.
"Walter Boyne has produced a riveting account of the '73 Yom Kippur War and an expert analysis of the decisive role played by the American airlift. A great read about one of the pivotal conflicts of the late twentieth century."
Frederick Smith, Chairman and CEO of FedEx