Dvir, Boaz,

Saving Israel : the unknown story of smuggling weapons and winning a nation's independence / Boaz Dvir. - Guilford : Stackpole Books, 2020. - xxx, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

"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"--

9780811737265


Military assistance.


Israel--History, Military--20th century.
Israel--Armed Forces--History--20th century.
Israel--Defenses.

UA853.I8 / D85 2020