Out of the Limelight: Events, Operations, Missions, and Personalities in Israeli HistoryIn this translation of a memoir published in Hebrew by the Ministry of Defense Publishing House in 2000, an early Zionist traces the situation culminating in Israel's 1948 War of Independence. Among the experiences Sacharov recounts is his role in the Haganah, the military arm of the pre-state Jewish community. He also discusses Israeli leaders (some pictured), secret arms deals with the US, and what he regards as some historians' misguided views. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
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Establishing a Communications Network and Transmitting Stations | 27 |
The Transfer of Haganah Headquarters to the Kofer Hayishuv Offices and the Start of Galilis Activity as the Chief Aide to Shaul Avigur | 33 |
Replacing Live Fragmentation Grenades with Blanks | 40 |
My First Arrest in the Struggle Against the White Paper | 45 |
The First Fighter Planes and the Airlift from Czechoslovakia | 141 |
The Purchase of the Flying Fortresses B17s and Flying in Secret from the United States | 166 |
David Hacohen and the Recruitment of Meir Sherman to the Haganah Delegation | 173 |
Arms Shipment From Mexico | 178 |
The Critical Importance of the Arms Shipments on the Eve of the War of Independence and During the War | 189 |
David BenGurion | 193 |
Production of a Prototype of a 120Caliber Mortar | 197 |
The Crisis Surrounding the Appointment of Haim BarLev as Chief of Staff | 204 |
The First Explosion at Taas Takes a Heavy Toll | 53 |
My Car is Swept Out to Sea | 57 |
My Second Arrest | 61 |
The Arms Ship Prepares to Set Sail for Beirut | 70 |
Era of The BrothersinLaw Full of Inspiration Great Hope and Vision | 87 |
Two Luminaries | 108 |
Deploying for a Possible German Invasion | 115 |
Procurement of the Ships Nora and Shayo for Arms Shipping | 119 |
The Levi Eshkol I Knew | 126 |
The How and the When of the Plan to Produce ABC Kits | 137 |
The Appointment of Haim BarOn as Yigal Allons Personal Assistant and Bureau Chief | 208 |
Golda Meir | 211 |
Voluntary Activity in the Defense Ministry and the Purchase of Over Two Hundred 155Caliber Howitzer Cannons at the Height of The War of Attriti... | 220 |
The New and the NotSoNew Historians | 225 |
The IDF | 239 |
A Reversal of Values | 242 |
Appendix A | 247 |
Appendix B | 252 |
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Page 1 - On May 15, 1948, the day after the State of Israel was declared, the Arab armies of the neighboring countries — Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon — invaded Israeli territory.