{"product_id":"book-bcja","title":"The Lion's Gate","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGates of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKilling Rommel\u003c\/i\u003e delivers his first work of military nonfiction—an epic narrative of the Six Day War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 5, 1967. The fearsome, Soviet-equipped Egyptian Army and its 1000 tanks are massed on Israel’s southern border. Meanwhile, the Syrian Army is shelling the much smaller nation from the north. And to the east, Jordan and Iraq are moving brigades and fighter squadrons into position to attack. Egypt’s President Nasser has declared that the Arab world’s goal is no less than “the destruction of Israel.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 10, 1967. The combined Arab armies are in ruins, their air forces totally destroyed. Israel’s citizen-soldiers have seized the Gaza Strip and the entire Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan. The land under Israeli control has tripled. The charismatic, eye-patch wearing Defense Minister Moshe Dayan has barreled through the Lion’s Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, meeting up with a gang of paratroopers who have already raised the blue and white flag that frames the Star of David.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow on earth did this happen?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly Steven Pressfield could get the real story from the fighter jocks in the air, the tank commanders through the sand, and the infantrymen on the ground. Through more than 300 hours of interviews conducted in Israel, he has written a gripping chronicle of the six days that changed the Middle East forever. He also captures the universal experience of individual soldiers compelled to stare down mortal fear and move headlong into a firestorm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lion’s Gate\u003c\/i\u003e blends the immediacy of Mark Bowden’s\u003ci\u003e Black Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e, the esprit de corps of Stephen Ambrose’s \u003ci\u003eBand of Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e, and the soul of James Bradley’s \u003ci\u003eFlags of Our Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e. It will join the indispensable canon of military nonfiction.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49336878170416,"sku":"BDbcja","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/288534-bcja-Square.jpg?v=1733959536","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bcja","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}