Angels in the sky : how a band of volunteer airmen saved the new state of Israel / Robert Gandt.
Angels in the sky : how a band of volunteer airmen saved the new state of Israel / Robert Gandt.
Angels in the sky : how a band of volunteer airmen saved the new state of Israel / Robert Gandt.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2170/4756
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xix, 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The gripping story of how an all-volunteer air force helped defeat five Arab nations and protect the fledgling Jewish state. In 1948, only three years after the Holocaust, the newly founded nation of Israel came under siege from a coalition of Arab states. The invaders vowed to annihilate the tiny country and its 600,000 settlers. A second Holocau...
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Full title
Angels in the sky : how a band of volunteer airmen saved the new state of Israel / Robert Gandt.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-421) and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2170/4756
Record Identifier
74VKVWZKgPrA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVWZKgPrA
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ISBN
0393254771 (hardcover)
9780393254778 (hardcover)
DDC
956.04248095694
MMS ID
991024135480502626
