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Saving Israel : the unknown story of smuggling weapons and winning a nation's independence / Boaz Dvir.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dvir, Boaz, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military assistance.
- Armed Forces.
- History.
- History, Military.
- Israel--History, Military--20th century.
- Israel.
- Israel--Armed Forces--History--20th century.
- Israel--Defenses.
- Defenses.
- Military readiness.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Stackpole Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2019.
- Summary:
- "At the opening of Israel's war for independence in 1948, numerous Americans risked their lives, freedom, and citizenship to prevent what they viewed as a possible second Holocaust; their story is one of a covert operation involving smuggling, evading the FBI and State Department, connections to underground Jewish intelligence and military groups, and acts of personal bravery in purchasing weapons, ferrying them across thousands of miles, and taking them into combat"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dvir, Boaz. Saving Israel
- ISBN:
- 9780811737265
- 0811737268
- OCLC:
- 1089287867
- Publisher Number:
- 99983600853
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