Yigal Allon, native son : a biography / Anita Shapira ; translated by Evelyn Abel.
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- English
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- Physical Description:
- x, 384 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Translation of: Yigʼal Alon : aviv ḥeldo : biyografyah.
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- Preface: Last Rites ix
- 1 Mes'ha: The Beginning 1
- 2 Kadoorie Agricultural School 35
- 3 Ginossar 53
- 4 The Start of Security Work 79
- 5 British-Jewish "Cooperation" 109
- 6 The Palmah: Beginnings 126
- 7 The Palmah, 1943-47 141
- 8 Countdown to Statehood and the Onset of War 178
- 9 The Ten-Day Campaigns 209
- 10 Commanding Officer of the Southern Front 238
- 11 Triumph and Tragedy 282
- Epilogue: The End of Things 298.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-367) and index.
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- 154800576
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