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Major Farran's hat : the untold story of the struggle to establish the Jewish state / David Cesarani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cesarani, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--Great Britain.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--Palestine--History.
- Zionists.
- Palestine--History--1929-1948.
- Palestine.
- Farran, Roy Alexander--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Farran, Roy Alexander.
- Rubowitz, Alexander, -1947--Death and burial.
- Rubowitz, Alexander.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st Da Capo Press ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From the author of Becoming Eichmann, a captivating true-life murder mystery of violence and cover-ups, casting new light on the birth of the State of Israel
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface vii; Map of Palestine 1945-48 xi; Map of Jerusalem 1947 xii; Prologue: Abduction in Jerusalem 1; Chapter 1: Jewish Rebels, Imperial Warriors and Colonial Policemen 10; Chapter 2: Roy Farran and the Special Squads 59; Chapter 3: Cover-Up and Scandal 98; Chapter 4: Court Martial 140; Chapter 5: The Hero's Return and the Terrorists' Revenge 175; Epilogue 208; Notes 219; Glossary and Abbreviations 261; Sources and Bibliography 263; Picture Credits 276; Acknowledgments 277; Index 281
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612460630
- 9781282460638
- 1282460633
- 9780786745814
- 0786745819
- OCLC:
- 449207098
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