Arab MiGs. Volume 5: October 1973 War, Part 1

The fifth volume of this groundbreaking, somewhat revisionist, series covers late 1970 through the first few days of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war. (Volume 6 presumably covers the remainder of the war.)As with the preceding four volumes, this book provides the Arab perspective mostly through interviews with former pilots, and most of the available published sources. Because much of this material has never before been published, and is at odds with many sources (which predominantly rely on Israeli information), it frequently contradicts the established line, and challenges many old assumptions. In this volume the authors explicitly take their critics to task more frequently and more explicitly than in past volumes, it seems to me.This volume has some particularly nice aspects, especially the coverage of helicopter assaults and special operations in the 1973 war, which shed light on this poorly-understood aspect of the ground war in Sinai. Some excellent appendices include excerpts of Egyptian pilot's logs and a photo-gallery of Egyptian squadron commanders. Photographs, maps and illustrations are excellent as always.My major criticism of this volume is the editing, which seems poorer than earlier volumes. There are some sloppy typos which a spell-checker program could easily have caught, and the footnotes in Chapter 3 in particular need serious editing, they read like they were written by a verbose non-English speaker.

These are excellent books by Harpia. I have bought all of their Arab MiGs series (and the Mirage series) and really enjoy all of them. Great easy to read text, with lots of details and excellent photos make these books ones I look at often, even after reading them once. Shop around as the prices can vary some. Buy the series and you'll not be disappointed. You will learn a lot from them!

The ideal reference book for Arab Aircraft and airwar in the Middle-east. This series arguably could be the best ever produced.

Truly awesome book.

A pandora box , simply amazing , thanks.

Item delivered on time, was as described

excellent research background, good quality...highly recommend for everyone who is interested in the Mid-East wars

Outstanding

Moderno, aggiornatissimo (risale infatti al 2015) bella carta patinata, belle foto a colori e testo molto completo relativo ai MiG arabi utilizzati dai paesi del medio oriente. Più che consigliato agli amanti del settore. Testo in inglese e si tratta del volume nr. 5 di cinque totali della collana con lo stesso titolo.