Ebook: Anonymous Soldiers: the Struggle for Israel: 1917-1947

A landmark history of the battles between Jews, Arabs, and the British that led to the creation of Israel, based on newly available documents from the National Archives in Britain.

Anonymous Soldiers brilliantly re-creates a crucial period in the establishment of Israel, chronicling three decades of growing anti-colonial unrest that culminated in the end of British rule and the UN resolution to create two separate states. Based on newly available documents, this groundbreaking book tells in riveting detail the story of how Britain, in the twilight of empire, struggled and ultimately failed to reconcile competing Arab and Jewish demands. Above all, Hoffman shows how the "anonymous soldiers" of Irgun and Lehi beat the British and set in motion the chain of events that resulted in Israel's creation. This is a towering accomplishment of research and narrative: one of the most detailed and sustained accounts of a terrorist and counterterrorist campaign ever...