Overview
- Summary
- Draws on newly available documents from the National Archives in Britain to chronicle the historical events and key campaigns that led to the creation of Israel.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC, 2015
- Locale
- Palestine
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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To die for our nation
The seeds of terror
Red days of riots and blood
Terror against terror
Dark nights of despair
The shadow of death
The revolt
Conscripted for life
The deed
Tears of bereaved mothers
Wider horizons
To defend and to guard forever
Only death will free us
Defense and conquest
Beating the dog in his own kennel
Blunted bayonets
An instrument of death
Buried quietly in the night
Drunk with the hangman's blood
Only thus
Appendix. Who was who. - Notes
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"This is a Borzoi book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-591) and index.
To die for our nation -- The seeds of terror -- Red days of riots and blood -- Terror against terror -- Dark nights of despair -- The shadow of death -- The revolt -- Conscripted for life -- The deed -- Tears of bereaved mothers -- Wider horizons -- To defend and to guard forever -- Only death will free us -- Defense and conquest -- Beating the dog in his own kennel -- Blunted bayonets -- An instrument of death -- Buried quietly in the night -- Drunk with the hangman's blood -- Only thus -- Appendix. Who was who.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780307594716
0307594718 (hbk.) - Physical Description
- xv, 618 pages ; 25 cm
Keywords & Subjects
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- 2015-04-09 15:22:00
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