{"product_id":"anonymous-soldiers-the-struggle-for-israel-19171947-9780307594716","title":"Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel  1917-1947","description":"\u003cp\u003eA landmark history  based on newly available documents  of the battles between Jews  Arabs  and the British that led to the creation of Israel  Anonymous Soldiers brilliantly re-creates the crucial period in the establishment of Israel  chronicling the three decades of growing anticolonial unrest that culminated in the end of British rule and the UN resolution to create two separate states. This groundbreaking book tells in riveting  previously unknown detail the story of how Britain  in the twilight of empire  struggled and ultimately failed to reconcile competing Arab and Jewish demands and uprisings. Bruce Hoffman  Americas leading expert on terrorism  shines new light on the bombing of the King David Hotel  the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo  the leadership of Menachem Begin  the life and death of Abraham Stern  and much else. Above all  Hoffman shows exactly how the underdog anonymous soldiers of Irgun and Lehi defeated the British and set in motion the chain of events that resulted in the creation of the formidable nation-state of Israel.  This is a towering accomplishment of research and narrative  and a book that is essential to anyone wishing to understand not just the origins of modern-day Israel or the current situation in the Middle East  but also the methodology of terrorism. Drawing on previously untapped archival resources in London  Washington  D.C.  and Jerusalem  Bruce Hoffman has written one of the most detailed and sustained accounts of a terrorist and counterterrorist campaign that may ever have been seen  and in doing so has cast light on one of the most decisive world events in recent history. This will be the definitive account of the struggle for Israel for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647245705269,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307594718","price":40.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307594716.jpg?v=1781690596","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/anonymous-soldiers-the-struggle-for-israel-19171947-9780307594716","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}