Yigal Allon, native son : a biography /

Yigal Allon, native son : a biography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shapira, Anita.
Uniform title:	Yigʼal Alon. English
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008.
Description:	x, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Jewish culture and contexts Jewish culture and contexts.
Subject:	Allon, Yigal, -- 1918-1980. Allon, Yigal, -- 1918-1980. Israel. -- Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel -- Biography. Israel. -- Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel. Labor Zionists -- Palestine -- Biography. Labor Zionists -- Israel -- Biography. Statesmen -- Israel -- Biography. Generals -- Israel -- Biography. Generals. Labor Zionists. Statesmen. Israel. Middle East -- Palestine. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6663453

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Other authors / contributors:	Abel, Evelyn.
ISBN:	9780812240283 0812240286
Notes:	תרגום של: יגאל אלון : אביב חלדו : ביוגרפיה Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-367) and index. Translation of: Yigʼal Alon : aviv ḥeldo : biyografyah.

Table of Contents:

List of Abbreviations
Preface: Last Rites
1. Mes'ha: The Beginning
2. Kadoorie Agricultural School
3. Ginossar
4. The Start of Security Work
5. British-Jewish "Cooperation"
6. The Palmah: Beginnings
7. The Palmah, 1943-47
8. Countdown to Statehood and the Onset of War
9. The Ten-Day Campaigns
10. Commanding Officer of the Southern Front
11. Triumph and Tragedy
Epilogue: The End of Things
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments