Anonymous Soldiers
Book description
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
Winner of the Washington Institute Book Prize
One of the Best Books of the Year
St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Kirkus Reviews
In this groundbreaking work, Bruce Hoffman—America’s leading expert on terrorism—brilliantly re-creates the crucial thirty-year period that led to the birth of Israel.…
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1 author picked Anonymous Soldiers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I wrote a book about the Arab Revolt during the British Mandate; this book is about the Jewish Revolt that followed it.
Hoffman’s book is both extremely detailed and hugely engaging, both academically rigorous and a rollicking good read. The Jewish revolt against British rule is an oft-forgotten topic, perhaps because it flatters neither pro-Israel nor anti-Israel prejudices.
Israel’s defenders are not often keen to be reminded that Jews are eminently capable of anti-Western terrorism; Israel’s detractors are not keen to be reminded that the country was born in an anti-colonial struggle. It’s almost as if, hear me out here,…
From Oren's list on learning the roots of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
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