Yigal Allon, Native Son : : A Biography /

Yigal Allon, Native Son : : A Biography / / Anita Shapira.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Shapira, Anita,
TeilnehmendeR:
Abel, Evelyn.
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]
©2008
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Jewish Culture and Contexts
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.) :; 29 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface: Last Rites
  • 1. Mes'ha: The Beginning
  • 2. Kadoorie Agricultural School
  • 3. Ginossar
  • 4. The Start of Security Work
  • 5. British-Jewish ''Cooperation''
  • 6. The Palmah: Beginnings
  • 7. The Palmah, 1943-47
  • 8. Countdown to Statehood and the Onset of War
  • 9. The Ten-Day Campaigns
  • 10. Commanding Officer of the Southern Front
  • 11. Triumph and Tragedy
  • Epilogue: The End of Things
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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