Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1956, Amichai ya yi aiki a Sinai War
, kuma a 1973 ya yi aiki a Yom Kippur War. Amichai ya wallafa littafinsa na farko, "Ba na Wannan Lokaci ba, Ba na Wannan Wurin ba", a cikin 1963. Labari ne game da wani matashi Ba'isra'ile wanda aka haife shi a Jamus, kuma bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, da kuma yaƙin Falasɗinu na 1947-1949 ya ziyarci garinsu a Jamus, ya tuna lokacin yaro, yana ƙoƙarin fahimtar duniyar da ta haifar da Holocaust. Littafinsa na biyu, "Mi Yitneni Malon", game da mawaƙin Isra'ila da ke zaune a New York, an buga shi a 1971 yayin da Amichai ya kasance farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar California, Berkeley. Ya kasance mawaki ne a gidan zama a Jami'ar New York a 1987. Shekaru da yawa ya koyar da adabi a wani taron karawa juna sani na Isra'ila ga malamai, kuma a Jami'ar Ibrananci ga ɗalibai daga ƙasashen waje.