Michael B. Oren
Author of Six Days of War
About the Author
Michael B. Oren is an Israeli historian born on May 20, 1955. He is also an author, politician and former ambassador to the U.S. He has written books, articles, and essays on Middle Eastern history. His titles include the best-selling Power, Faith and Fantasy and Six Days of War: June 1967 and the show more Making of the Modern Middle East, which won the Los Angeles Times History Book of the Year Award and the National Jewish Book Award. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown universities. In 2015 his title Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical name
- Oren, Michael B.
- Other names
- Bornstein, Michael Scott
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- 1955
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
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- Israel
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- West Orange, New Jersey, USA
- Education
- Columbia University
Princeton University - Occupations
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- Israel Defense Forces
The New Republic
Shalem Center
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- Rating
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- 41
- ISBNs
- 63
- Languages
- 6
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And Michael Oren's book, "Six Days of War", appears to be an excellent source of information. Some books about military campaigns get bogged down in describing every platoon number, every company number, every battalion and regimental commander, adjutant, and every piece of ordinance and piece of equipment they used or had available. Oren's book seemed to contain the right mix of information on personnel, military, and political perspectives from the Countries involved, as well as for the regional major powers, i.e., the U.S. and Soviet Union.
While Oren is the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, and would naturally have a pro-Israeli perspective, I think he met his stated objective of trying to present a fair and even-handed perspective of this important part of MidEast history.
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