Lionhearts : Heroes of Israel

by Bar-Zohar, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780446675284
• ISBN10: 0446675288
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

In honor of Israel's 50th anniversary, come heroic stories of 50 of its most courageous people--written in their own words. Contributors include current and former prime ministers, four presidents, poets, journalists, Knesset members, and artists. Photos.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Trailblazers, 1897-1939	p. 1
To Die for One's Country: Joseph Trumpeldor	p. 5
The First One: The Legend of Sander Hadad	p. 12
Sarah, the Flame of Nili: Sarah Aharonson	p. 17
Land, My Land: Alexander Zeid	p. 23
Those Who Lead, Fall First: Chaim Shturman	p. 29
Gideon Goes to War: Orde Wingate	p. 35
The Second World War and the Holocaust, 1939-1947	p. 41
Blessed Is the Match: Hannah Senesh	p. 45
They Were All His Children: Janusz Korczak	p. 51
Did You Know Mordechai?: Mordechai Anielewicz	p. 56
The Man of the Plowshare and the Sword: Meir "Zaro" Zorea	p. 61
Exposed in the Turret, in the Heart of Berlin: Arkadi Timor	p. 67
The Struggle for Independence, 1939-1947	p. 73
Fateful Night in Hanita: Yaacov Berger	p. 77
I Didn't Think Twice: Zvi Brenner	p. 82
A Grenade Between Two Hearts: Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani	p. 88
On a Day of Service I Feel like a Copper Rod: Dov Cohen	p. 93
"If You Want to Shoot - Shoot Me!": Mordechai Roseman	p. 98
They Called Him Dov, the Blond One: Yaacov Granek	p. 103
The War of Independence, 1947-1949	p. 109
The War of Independence: We Are the Silver Platter	p. 113
A Model and an Emblem: Shalom Karniel and Yosef Damst	p. 124
Like a Blazing Storm: Gur Meirov	p. 129
Three Women in Battle: Miriam Ben-Ari, Shulamit Dorchin, and Devorah Epstein	p. 135
From the Death Camps to the Battles of 1948: Eliezer Feig	p. 141
The Struggle for Survival, 1949-1967	p. 147
The Man Who Returned from Hell: Yehuda Tajer-Tagar	p. 151
To Live on Another Planet: Marcelle Ninio	p. 159
The Best Fighter We Ever Had: Meir Har-Zion	p. 166
Larger Than Life: Itzhak "Gulliver" Ben-Menachem	p. 173
With His Heart's Blood: Natan Elbaz	p. 179
I Did Not Betray My Country: Uri Ilan	p. 185
The Heroes of the Reprisal Raids: Yaacov Mizrahi and Pinchas Noi	p. 190
Only a Burst of Gunfire in the Chest: Zvika Ofer	p. 193
The Mata Hari of the Middle East: Shula Cohen (The Pearl)	p. 198
Facing Mount Sinai: The Sinai Campaign	p. 203
Victory, Attrition, and a Bitter Blow, 1967-1973	p. 211
Our Man in Damascus: Eli Cohen	p. 215
The Last Voyage: Chaim Zarfati	p. 221
The Egyptian Army Began to Move: The Six-Day War	p. 226
Into the Fire: Esther Arditi	p. 236
Because My Land Awaits Me: Yechezkel Avi Shabi Maor (Polarevitch)	p. 242
He Rushed into the Heart of the Storm: Zorik Lev	p. 249
Blood Brothers: Abd el Majid Hadr el-Mazarib ("Amos Yarkoni")	p. 254
Under Unprecedented Fire: The War of Attrition	p. 260
The Dark Shadow of Green Island: Ami Ayalon	p. 262
The Israeli Fighter Tipped the Scales: The Yom Kippur War	p. 269
The War Against Terrorism and the First Stirrings of Peace, 1973-1998	p. 279
The Bearer of the Sheaves: Yoni Netanyahu	p. 285
A Fortress of Fire and Stone: The Lebanon War	p. 292
In All the Commandos, in All the Battles: Muki Betzer	p. 297
Somewhere There Will Be a Solid Monument: Avida Shor	p. 302
Deep in Enemy Territory: The Rescue and Evacuation Units	p. 307
"I Knew You Would Come"	p. 311
Facing a Deadly Sword Empty-Handed: Abd el-Karim Abd el-Rani	p. 312
A Green Beret and a White Headdress: Ismail Kabalan	p. 317
The Mercy in Heroism - The Heroism in Mercy: David Delarosa	p. 322
To Give Without Asking Anything in Return: Nir Poraz	p. 326
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