“The detailed portrayals of deliberations within Israel’s inner sanctum are deeply illuminating…A pathbreaking work by two of the world’s finest journalists.”
– Gen. David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former commander of the Surge in Iraq, CIA director, and co-author of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza
“The book does a strong job revealing the complex relations between the political and military echelons, the dilemmas, the dangers, and opportunities—and above all—the complex conditions in which the often opaque decision-making process takes place.”
– Gen. Aviv Kohavi, (Ret.), former chief of general staff of the Israel Defense Forces
“In the War Room is the book to read to understand the beginning of a new era in the histories of Israel and the Middle East.”
– Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, US Army (Ret.), former US national security advisor and bestselling author of At War with Ourselves, Battleground
“...the closest look yet at a war whose repercussions continue to shake the world.”
– Prof. Walter Russell Mead, Global View columnist for The Wall Street Journal and author of The Arc of a Covenant: The United Stat
“With gripping detail, this is the story of how Israel’s leaders fought back from the catastrophe of October 7 to decimate Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran—and change the face of the Middle East.”
– Elliott Abrams, former US special envoy for Iran, national security council senior director, deputy national security adviser, and author of Tested by Zion