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008 190829s2020 ctua b 000 0 eng
020 _a9780811737265
_q(cloth)
020 _z9780811766883
_q(epub)
040 _a961
_c961
050 1 4 _aUA853.I8
_bD85 2020
100 1 _aDvir, Boaz,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSaving Israel :
_bthe unknown story of smuggling weapons and winning a nation's independence /
_cBoaz Dvir.
260 _aGuilford :
_bStackpole Books,
_c2020.
300 _axxx, 258 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aMilitary assistance.
651 0 _aIsrael
_xHistory, Military
_y20th century.
651 0 _aIsrael
_xArmed Forces
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aIsrael
_xDefenses.
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c7929
_d7929