Torn Country
by Lynne Reid Banks
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The Israeli War of Independence of 1948 was a war distinct from all others. In no other war in modern times has an army of citizens - many of them refugees and survivors of the Nazi death camps - largely untrained, with no common tongue and not even a united command, set out with the highest ideals, but very little hatred for the enemy, to fight a war of survival. Against incredible odds, Israel emerged triumphant, cementing the sovereignty that had been only tenously granted in the U.N. show more Partition Plan. Despite terrible casualities, endless confusion, and all the hardships of war, Israelis remember this as a unique and in some ways even a beautiful time. Lynne Reid Banks interviewed more than sixty people who participated in that first, longest, and most devastating of Israel's wars. Leaders and foot soldiers, generals and terrorists, women fighters, mothers, and wives, and even somewho were enemies of the Jewish people all reveal their personal experiences. show lessTags
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Lynne Reid Banks was born in London, England on July I929. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she acted and wrote for the repertory stage.Eventually, she turned to journalism, becoming one of Britain's first female television news reporters. Banks was fired from her job as a reporter, and while working a different job, she wrote show more her first novel, which went on to become a best seller. show less
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- Israeli war of independence
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
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- 956.042 — History & geography History of Asia Middle East Asia: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan Middle East 1945-1980; 20th Century
- LCC
- DS126.97 .T67 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews
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