By Dan Kurzman
"Historians will be using this book for many generations... Kurzman has told his story in brilliant form and with deep human compassion and understanding." -James A Michener
"...the best thing on the 1948 war for the general reader that this reviewer has ever read-or is likely to read." -Washington Post
This monumental book tells the full story of the first Arab-Israeli war and the birth of the State of Israel. Based largely on some 1,000 interviews with participants of all nations, it describes the important military and diplomatic events from battles to clandestine operations, with anecdotes and glimpses of great figures and of the ordinary people who did the fighting - concentration camp survivors, sabras, foreign volunteers and Arabs from throughout the Middle East. This is the great conflict that both set the stage for the present-day Israeli nation and is so crucial to the understanding of the state.
Dan Kurzman, author of heart-stopping historical non-fiction books, has won several literary awards. Some of his books are Day of the Bomb: Countdown to Hiroshima, Ben-Gurion: Prophet of Fire, The Bravest Battle and most recently, No Greater Glory.
Paperback, 830 pages