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The sword and the olive : a critical history of the Israeli defense force / Martin van Creveld.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--Israel.
- National security.
- Israel--Armed Forces--History.
- Israel.
- Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yisrael--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (449 p.)
- Edition:
- [2nd ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Public Affairs, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Published in the fiftieth anniversary year of the state of Israel: a complete history of one of the world's most admired?and most mythologized?fighting forces
- Contents:
- Contents; Note on Sources, Translations, Transliterations, and Acronyms; Glossary of Acronyms and Hebrew Terms Used in the Text; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Introduction; I The Surge, 1907-1949; II The Years of Greatness, 1949-1973; III Running Out of Steam, 1974-1997; Notes; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-04927-9
- 9786613049278
- 0-7867-2546-X
- OCLC:
- 707067956
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