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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, connections to und...

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Main Author: Dvir, Boaz (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Stackpole Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2019.
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Military assistance.
Israel > History, Military > 20th century.
Israel > Armed Forces > History > 20th century.
Israel > Defenses.
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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"--
Physical Description:xxx, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780811737265
0811737268
Author Notes:Boaz Dvir is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker who produced and directed the PBS documentary A Wing and a Prayer, which tells this story and which won best feature documentary at the 2016 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and has screened around the world at such venues as the American Jewish Historical Society in New York, Columbia University's Global Center in Paris, and the Library Film Festival in India. Dvir teaches journalism at Penn State and has also produced and directed the documentaries Jessie's Dad, Discovering Gloria, and Cojot, about a French banker who sets out to kill former Nazi Klaus Barbie. His films have been covered by the Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Post, Haaretz, the Miami Herald, Stars and Stripes, and other publications. Dvir has written for Newsday, the Miami Herald, the Tampa Bay Times, the Jerusalem Post, the Times of Israel, and Explore magazine.

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