Saving Israel : the unknown story of smuggling weapons and winning a nation's independence /
"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, connecti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Stackpole Books,
[2020]
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxx, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780811737265 0811737268 |