the book was widely praised by critics and won the "los angeles times" book prize for history. it spent seven weeks on the "new york times" bestseller list. the "new york times book review" wrote positively of "six days of war", as did the "washington post" which calls it "not only the best book so far written on the six day war, it is likely to remain the best." positive reviews have been published by the "atlantic monthly", the "new republic", "the guardian", "newsweek international", "the economist", and by noted historian john keegan and noted israeli new historian benny morris.