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Language: en
Pages: 578
Pages: 578
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-18 - Publisher: Macmillan
In the late 1940s, David Ben-Gurion founded a unique military society: the state of Israel. A powerful defense establishment came to dominate the nation, and fo
Language: en
Pages: 578
Pages: 578
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-18 - Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
"Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit," writes the prizewinning journalist Patrick Tyler in the prologue to Fortress Israel. "They carry the m
Language: en
Pages: 512
Pages: 512
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-04 - Publisher: Portobello Books
'Israel, six decades after its founding, remains a nation in thrall to an original martial impulse.' Born of idealism, under David Ben Gurion and his protgs Day
Language: en
Pages: 66
Pages: 66
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
The Bar Lev Line along the Suez Canal was born out of the overwhelming victory of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in the Six Day War of 1967. Devastated by thei
Language: en
Pages: 152
Pages: 152
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
This book provides a detailed study of the fortifications of the founders of ancient Israel from the time of their first settlement in the Middle East, through