“The Intelligence Legacy of the Yom Kippur War” – with Uri Bar-Joseph

Summary Uri Bar-Joseph (LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the intelligence failure of the Yom Kippur War. Uri is an author and professor emeritus at Haifa University.

What You’ll Learn Intelligence

How Israel failed to predict the Yom Kippur War

Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan’s role in the War

How Israeli intelligence evolved post-War

Israeli leadership’s accountability for the failure

Reflections

Learning and adapting from mistakes

Catastrophe and national trauma

And much, much more …

Resources SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts*

Israeli Military Intelligence with IDF Brig. General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (2023)

POW’s, Vietnam and Intelligence with Pritzker Curator James Brundage (2022)

The CIA and the 9/11 Commission Report – A Conversation with Alexis Albion (2021)

Pearl Harbor at 75: An Interview with Steve Twomey (2016)

*Beginner Resources*

Yom Kippur, Encyclopedia Brittanica (2023) [Short Article]

Intelligence Failure: What, When, Why and How, A. Clark, Grey Dynamics (2023) [Article]

Yom Kippur War, Pritzker Military Museum and Library, YouTube (2022) [3 min. video]

DEEPER DIVE Books

Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East, U. Kaufman (St. Martin Press, 2023)

THE ANGEL: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, U. Bar-Joseph (Harper Publishing, 2017)

The Watchmen Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources, U. Bar-Joseph (State University of New York Press, 2005)

The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East, A. Rabinovich (Shocken, 2004)

Primary Sources

Agranat Commission of Inquiry Interim Report, Center for Israeli Education (1974)

Israel-Egypt Separation of Forces Agreement, Center for Israeli Education (1974)

Intelligence Memorandum: The Israeli Primary Elections (1973)

United Nations Resolution 338 (1973)

Response to U.S. Appeal for a Ceasefire (1973)

Transcript of Secret Talks between Egyptian National Security Adviser Hafez Ismail and US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, Center for Israeli Education, Center for Israeli Education (1973)

Commemoration of IDF Casualties and Congratulations on Victory in Battle (1967)

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