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Yom Kippur War

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• Originally published 11/04/2016

  Israeli Officer Says He Made Up One of the IDF's Most Iconic Tales of Heroism

  Col. Zvika Greengold received Medal of Valor for 'single-handedly destroying 60 tanks' in Yom Kippur War, but senior reserve officer says tale was spun to boost unit morale.

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• Originally published 10/06/2013

  How Much Has Changed in the Forty Years Since the Yom Kippur War?

  Daniel Mandel

  The unrelenting hostility to Israel in the greater Middle East continues.

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• Originally published 09/04/2013

  The Long Arm of the October War

  Kenneth Weisbrode

  The 1973 War wasn't just a turning point in Middle East affairs -- it was also a critical battlefield of the Cold War.

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• Originally published 09/03/2013

  Revolutionary Situations are Inherently Messy

  Revolutionary Moments

  Social scientists who study revolutions and other historical processes generally look for patterns and similarities. Historians, by contrast, have traditionally focused on factors that are specific to each situation, in each time and in each place. They seek to understand the particularities of each situation, rather than generalize about commonalities.