Fantastic Victory: Israel's Rendezvous with Destiny - Hardcover

Skousen, W Cleon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0910558469 ISBN 13: 9780910558464

Publisher: Ensign Productions, 2011

Synopsis

In 1967, a modern-day version of David and Goliath suddenly erupted across the world's headlines as little Israel, population 2,745,000, came under attack by Arab nations with combined populations exceeding 110 million.

After six days of lightning-fast clashes, tank battles, air attacks, naval frogmen, intrigue, panic, and frantic assembling of the United Nations Security Council, the world woke up on June 10 to the shocking news that the war was over.

Israel had won, and its national boundaries now extended into Arab nations in all directions. It was the war that shook the Middle East and forever divided the world.

Fantastic Victory tells the story of the Six Day War in brief but vivid detail, putting faces with names and purpose to outcome. It was a brilliant victory for the Israelis, but for reasons that at critical junctures were more desperate than practical. Master story-teller and scholar Dr. W. Cleon Skousen explains why this 1967 war had to take place. He traces the roots of tensions between Arabs and Jews, and shows why they will one day sit down in peace to share their historic homelands together.

Even today, after nearly 45 years since Israel's fantastic victory, the conflict continues. Politicians and Arabs are demanding that Israel give up the territory it won in 1967. The Israelis declared they are willing to negotiate, but not until they are recognized by their Arab neighbors and the world at large as a legitimate sovereign country.

Fantastic Victory will help you understand the controversy, the history, the tensions, the solutions, and the amazing anticipated future of this Holy Land of Israel.

About this title

About the Author:

W. Cleon Skousen is best remembered as a popular author, speaker and teacher who lectured in every state and province in North America, and in more than 60 countries world-wide. He was a student of history and a scholar of law, specializing in the principles of Freedom, the U.S. Constitution, economics, and ancient history and scriptures.
He was invited to write a new constitution for Canada and the proposed United States of Latin America, and he published a model constitution that could be adopted by nations everywhere. He served in the FBI for 16 years, four years as Chief of Police in Salt Lake City, and ten years as a university professor. He was a prolific writer and produced three national best sellers, The Naked Communist, The Naked Capitalist, and The Five Thousand Year Leap. Eight of his books were used as college texts, and several were translated and published in other countries.
Dr. Skousen was born in Canada, and returned to the U.S. with his family at age ten. He spent two years in Mexico, two years in England, graduated from San Bernardino College in California, and received his juris doctor degree from George Washington University Law School. He was admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and before the District Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
His seminars on the Constitution have been taught to several million across the U.S., and among his students were dozens of U.S. Senators and Representatives, two Supreme Court justices, and several candidates for President. He believed knowledge and understanding were key to maintaining a free country, and spent his entire adult life opening up complex issues for deeper understanding by students and audiences all around the world.
Dr. Skousen and his wife, Jewel Pitcher of San Bernardino, California, are the parents of eight children, 50 grandchildren, and more than 120 great-grandchildren.

Review:

Is the book, significant? Yes, especially for those interested in Israel. Fantastic Victory provides a good introduction to what is a very long and interesting history. I recommend it as a starting point to anyone interested in Israel and Middle East politics.
Robert Taylor--Association for Mormon Letters

About this edition

• Publisher: Ensign Productions
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0910558469
• ISBN 13: 9780910558464
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 305