Yigal Allon, native son : a biography /
Born in 1918 into the fabric of Arab-Jewish frontier life at the foot of Mt. Tabor, Yigal Allon rose to become one of the founding figures of the state of Israel and an architect of its politics. In 1945 Allon became commander of the Palmah-an elite unit of the Haganah, the semilegal army of the Jew...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Hebrew |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2008]
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Colección: | Jewish culture and contexts.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface: Last Rites ix
- 1 Mes'ha: The Beginning 1
- 2 Kadoorie Agricultural School 35
- 3 Ginossar 53
- 4 The Start of Security Work 79
- 5 British-Jewish "Cooperation" 109
- 6 The Palmah: Beginnings 126
- 7 The Palmah, 1943-47 141
- 8 Countdown to Statehood and the Onset of War 178
- 9 The Ten-Day Campaigns 209
- 10 Commanding Officer of the Southern Front 238
- 11 Triumph and Tragedy 282
- Epilogue: The End of Things 298.