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The Machalniks
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Author : Dick Berman
language : en
Publisher: Pelhamgrp
Release Date : 2017-10
The Machalniks written by Dick Berman and has been published by Pelhamgrp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10 with categories.
In 1947, two Jewish American World War II airmen, Mike Kaplan and Paul Schatz, had a plan. They bought two surplus C-46 airplanes to fly Holocaust survivors trying to immigrate to Palestine, over the British naval blockade set up to prevent their arrival.The plan changed when United Nations voted to partition Palestine. Five Arab nations with a combined population of over 60 million, vowed to annihilate the virtually unarmed 600,000 Jews when the British withdrew and Israel declared itself a State on May 14, 1948. Realizing the Jews needed weapons to defend themselves, Kaplan and Shatz purchased increased their fleet to twelve cargo planes, and gathered a volunteer crew of Jewish World War II pilots to fly them. They were called Machalniks, the Hebrew acronym for Volunteers from Abroad.Facing fines, prison, and loss of their citizenship for attempting to break the Mid-East Arms Embargo, they set up a Panamanian airline and slipped the planes out of the United States. They eventually arrived in Czechoslovakia, the only country willing to sell them armaments. Days after Israel proclaimed itself a State, a column of 5,000 Egyptians, in tanks and armored cars were poised on the door step of Tel Aviv, a mere 15 miles away. If Tel Aviv fell, the War of Independence would be over, and the fledgling State of Israel would cease to exist.In untested planes, reassembled only days before from parts smuggled into the country, Kaplan led the only four combat pilots in Israel to engage the Egyptians. They flew the only combat planes in the Israeli Air Force. As they soared into the sky, beneath their wings lay the fate of the newborn nation and its air force.
Home To Stay
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Author : Daniel Gordis
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2010-08-04
Home To Stay written by Daniel Gordis and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A firsthand, personal view of a family on the front lines of war in Israel, now revised and updated (previously published as If a Place Can Make You Cry). “An outstanding work . . . powerfully and movingly written.”—Jerusalem Post WINNER OF THE “BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE” AWARD In the summer of 1998, Daniel Gordis and his family moved to Israel from Los Angeles. They planned to be there for a year, but a few months into their stay, Daniel and his wife decided to remain in Jerusalem permanently, confident that their children would be among the first generation of Israelis to grow up in peace. Immediately after arriving in Israel, Daniel had started sending out e-mails about his life to friends and family abroad. These missives—passionate, thoughtful, beautifully written, and informative—began reaching a much broader readership than he’d ever envisioned, eventually being excerpted in The New York Times Magazine to much acclaim. An edited and finely crafted collection of Daniel’s original e-mails, Home to Stay is a first-person, immediate account of Israel’s post-Oslo meltdown that cuts through the rhetoric and stridency of most dispatches from that country or from the international media. Above all, Home to Stay tells the story of a family that must cope with the sudden realization that they took their children from a serene and secure neighborhood in Los Angeles to an Israel not at peace but mired in war. This is the chronicle of a loss of innocence—the innocence of Daniel and his wife, and of their children. Ultimately, through Daniel’s eyes, Israel, with all its beauty, madness, violence, and history, comes to life in a way we’ve never quite seen before.
Foreign Fighters
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Author : David Malet
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-30
Foreign Fighters written by David Malet and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-30 with Political Science categories.
In conflict zones around the world, the phenomenon of foreign insurgents fighting on behalf of local rebel groups is a common occurrence. They have been an increasing source of concern because they engage in deadlier attacks than local fighters do. They also violate international laws and norms of citizenship. And because of their zeal, their adversaries - often the most powerful countries in the world - are frequently incapable of deterring them. Foreign fighters have made headlines in recent wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia, and the term is widely equated with militant Islamists. However, foreign fighters are not a new phenomenon. Throughout modern history, outside combatants have fought on behalf of causes ranging from international communism to aggrieved ethnic groups. Analyzing the long history of foreign fighters in the modern era helps us understand why they join insurgencies, what drives their behavior, and what policymakers can do in response. In Foreign Fighters, David Malet examines how insurgencies recruit individuals from abroad who would seem to have no direct connection to a distant war. Remarkably, the same recruiting strategies have been employed successfully in all foreign fighter cases, regardless of the particular circumstances of a conflict. Malet also catalogues foreign fighters in civil wars over the past two centuries, providing data indicating that they are disproportionately successful and growing in number. Detailed case histories constructed from archival material and original interviews demonstrate the same recruitment patterns in highly diverse conflicts including the Texas Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, the Israeli War of Independence, and the Afghanistan War. The results show that foreign fighters from Davy Crockett to George Orwell to Osama bin Laden create and respond to strategically crafted appeals to defend transnational communities under dire threat.
New Heavens
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Author : Boris Senior
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2011
New Heavens written by Boris Senior and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The origins of Israeli air power.
British Jewry Zionism And The Jewish State 1936 1956
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Author : Stephan Wendehorst
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012
British Jewry Zionism And The Jewish State 1936 1956 written by Stephan Wendehorst and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Stephan E. C. Wendehorst explores the relationship between British Jewry and Zionism from 1936 to 1956, a crucial period in modern Jewish history encompassing both the shoah and the establishment of the State of Israel. He attempts to provide an answer to what, at first sight, appears to be a contradiction: the undoubted prominence of Zionism among British Jews on the one hand, and its diverse expressions, ranging from aliyah to making a donation to a Zionist fund, on the other. Wendehorst argues that the ascendancy of Zionism in British Jewry is best understood as a particularly complex, but not untypical, variant of the 19th and 20th century's trend to re-imagine communities in a national key. He examines the relationship between British Jewry and Zionism on three levels: the transnational Jewish sphere of interaction, the British Jewish community, and the place of the Jewish community in British state and society. The introduction adapts theories of nationalism so as to provide a framework of analysis for Diaspora Zionism. Chapter one addresses the question of why British Jews became Zionists, chapter two how the various quarters of British Jewry related to the Zionist project in the Middle East, chapter three Zionist nation-building in Britain and chapter four the impact of Zionism on Jewish relations with the larger society. The conclusion modifies the original argument by emphasising the impact that the specific fabric of British state and society, in particular the Empire, had on British Zionism.
60 Years Israel Navy
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Author : Klaus Mommsen
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2011-04-08
60 Years Israel Navy written by Klaus Mommsen and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-08 with History categories.
A comprehensive look at the history of the Israel Navy, from its inception in the early 1930’s through its 60th anniversary in 2008. Organized chronologically, the book covers all aspects of the Israel Navy’s history, including equipment, peacetime and wartime operations, organizational and conceptual development, changing roles and missions, as well as distinguished personnel. Going far beyond mere naval or maritime aspects, the author also sketches the historical development of Israel’s ongoing conflict with both the Palestinians and its neighbouring Arab states.
Israel History In A Nutshell
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Author : Hela Tamir
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-03-29
Israel History In A Nutshell written by Hela Tamir and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-29 with History categories.
Eretz Israel, the only democratic state in the Middle East, is the focal point of world attention. Throughout the world, (Muslim sponsored) radio and television broadcasting companies often give distorted or one-sided information, while newspapers often print half-truths, outright lies, exaggerated details or rearranged events. So where do people get the truth? Where are the actual facts, written in an easy to read book? Israel, History in a Nutshell, Highlighting the Wars and Military History is a compilation of facts, proof of the long and glorious history of the State of Israel. It is a tool to refute the lies, twisted facts and half-truths that are spread daily around the globe. This publication not only sheds light on Israel's military history, it also gives short biographies of the key-role players, and much, much more. This book gives answers to many questions, and includes additional interesting facts that will help you understand Israel's history better.
O Powerful Western Star
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Author : Peter Golden
language : en
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Release Date : 2012
O Powerful Western Star written by Peter Golden and has been published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
American Jews, Russian Jews, and the Final Battle of the Cold War.
Israel Intelligence Security Activities And Operations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information And Regulations
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Author : IBP USA
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-03-20
Israel Intelligence Security Activities And Operations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information And Regulations written by IBP USA and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-20 with Business & Economics categories.
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Israel Intelligence & Security Activities & Operations Handbook
Everybody Has Somebody In Heaven
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Author : Avram Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Devora Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Everybody Has Somebody In Heaven written by Avram Davidson and has been published by Devora Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Autobiographical fiction categories.
This complete collection of the Jewish stories written by Hugo Award Winner Avram Davidson. Includes "The Golem" and "The Fisherman...A Tashlich Legend."
