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Golani commando : a memoir of special operations in the Israel Defense Forces / Elon Perry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, Elon, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perry, Elon, 1957-.
- Perry, Elon.
- Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yi sra el. Ha tivat Golani--Biography.
- Israel.
- Soldiers--Israel--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Special operations (Military science).
- Special forces (Military science).
- Special forces (Military science)--Israel--Biography.
- Special operations (Military science)--Israel.
- Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yi sra el. Ha tivat Golani.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- v, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Elon Perry joined the Israel Defense Forces as a teenager in 1975--one of many young Israelis who reluctantly entered military service in an adult war--and was enrolled in an elite commando unit of the decorated Golani Brigade. Covering 28 years of compulsory reserve duty through the 1976 Operation Entebbe, the 1982 Lebanon War, antiterrorism operations and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, his frank, reflective memoir describes the grueling Golani training regime--described by many as "Mission Impossible"--and contrasts the exhilaration of high-risk operations in enemy territory with a disdain for war, its moral dilemmas and its victories"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Child Under War
- 2. My Enrollment into a Commando Unit
- 3. My First Baptism of Fire
- 4. Methods of Training and Operating
- 5. My Best Friend's Death on the Battlefield
- 6. The Development of Terrorism Against Israel
- 7. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- 8. Operation Litani
- 9. The Ongoing Civil War in Lebanon
- 10. How I Almost Saved Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel from His Assassination
- 11. The Lebanon War of June 1982
- 12. The Undercover Mista'arvim
- 13. My One Collaboration with a Mista'arvim Unit
- 14. Inspiration
- -How I Healed Myself from PTSD and Anxiety
- 15. Moral Dilemmas During Battle
- 16. 1976 Operation Entebbe.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476685281
- 1476685282
- OCLC:
- 1288423421
- Publisher Number:
- 99989711483
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