The letters of Jonathan Netanyahu: the commander of the Entebbe rescue force
Introduction / Herman Wouk -- Ode to Yoni / Benjamin Netanyahu -- Foreword / Benjamin and Iddo Netanyahu -- The United States, 1963-1964 -- Zahal, 1964-1967 -- Release and call-up, the Six-Day War, 1967 -- Harvard and the Hebrew University, 1967-1969 -- Zahal again, in an elite unit, 1969-1973 -- Fr...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jerusalem New York
Gefen Pub. House
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 21 A 1906 |
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| Summary: | Introduction / Herman Wouk -- Ode to Yoni / Benjamin Netanyahu -- Foreword / Benjamin and Iddo Netanyahu -- The United States, 1963-1964 -- Zahal, 1964-1967 -- Release and call-up, the Six-Day War, 1967 -- Harvard and the Hebrew University, 1967-1969 -- Zahal again, in an elite unit, 1969-1973 -- From the Yom Kippur War to Operation Jonathan, 1973-1976 -- Afterword: Yoni's last days -- Statement by General Shlomo Gazit, Chief of Israeli Military Intelligence -- Eulogy for Lt. Col. Jonathan Netanyahu: delivered by Shimon Peres, Israel's Defense Minister. "On July 4, 1976, a team of Israeli commandos stormed the old terminal building of the Entebbe airport. Their leader was thirty-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Netanyahu, known to his soldiers as Yoni; their mission, to free 106 hostages held by international terrorists and Idi Amin's Ugandan army. An hour later, when [all but one of] the hostages were safely on their way home, the legend of Entebbe was born. And with it was born the legend of Yoni, who fell in the battle that accompanied the rescue. ..."--Book flap |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 306 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9652296295 9789652296290 |