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The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947
by Bruce Hoffman
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 written, which will be the definitive account of the struggle for Israel for years to come.
"Starred Review. An authoritative, sweeping, important history that shows how terrorism 'is neither irrational nor desperate but instead entirely rational and often carefully calculated and choreographed.'" - Kirkus
"A must-read for anyone interested in the origins of the State of Israel." - Library Journal
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Bruce Hoffman is the director of the Center for Security Studies and director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a Senior Fellow at the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center. His previous books include Inside Terrorism (2006), and The Failure of British Military Strategy within Palestine, 1939—1947 (1983)
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