Nikmat Hanitzachon

NIKMAT HANITZACHON takes a new approach to understanding the period in Israel’s history that led to the Yom Kippur War. Probing Israeli culture during this period enlightens readers regarding aspects of Israel’s society that have not been sufficiently examined to date.

Dr. Gavriely-Nuri’s analysis of Israeli culture between the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War makes an important contribution to understanding war discourse in general, and to the normalization of war in post-1967 Israeli culture in particular. The work provides valuable insights into how the 1973 Yom Kippur War could have been such a surprise, and demonstrates how the normalization of war discourse established before and after the Six Day War developed into a dominant national narrative.