Irgun
Revisionist Zionism, 1931-1948
$38.86
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2019
Summary
In October 1944, the US Office of Strategic Services described the Irgun Tsvai Leumi - National Military Organization - as ‘an underground, quasi-military organisation with headquarters in Palestine … fanatical Zionists who wish to convert Palestine and Transjordan into an independent Jewish state … advocate the use of force both against the Arabs and the British to achieve this maximal political goal’.
In 1925, Ze’ev Jabotinsky founded the Revisionist Zionism organization, whose secu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526728692 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1526728699 |
| Author: | Gerry Van Tonder |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
| Series: | History of Terror Series |
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This is an interesting and detailed account of the Irgun Tsvai Leumi (“National Military Organization,”known as the ‘Irgun’), the quasi-military organization of the pre-1948 Israeli State’s right-wingdissident political movement… The book’s text is illustrated by numerous photographs.– “Perspectives on Terrorism”
About The Author
Gerry Van Tonder
Gerry van Tonder, a historian and author, was born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and came to Britain in 1999. Specializing in military history, Gerry has authored Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981; Book of Remembrance: Rhodesia Native Regiment and Rhodesian African Rifles; North of the Red Line (on the South African border war), and co-authored the definitive Rhodesia Regiment 1899-1981. Gerry presented a copy of the latter to the regiment’s former colonel-in-chief, Her Majesty the Queen. Gerry writes extensively for several military history series including ‘Cold War 1945-1991’, ‘Military Legacy’ (focusing on the heritage of British cities), ‘Echoes of the Blitz’ and ‘A History of Terror’.
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