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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Autor principal: Netanyāhû, Yônātān 1946-1976 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Wouk, Herman 1915-2019 (Escritor del prólogo) ; Netanyahu, Binyamin 1949- (Autor del epílogo, colofón, etc.) ; Netanyahu, ʻIdo 1952-
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Jerusalem New York Gefen Pub. House 2013
En:Año: 2013
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes index
Descripción Física:xi, 306 Seiten, Illustrationen, 25 cm
ISBN:9652296295
9789652296290