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PHOTO CREDITS: Zionist Archive,
Chapters 1 and 4;
Hagana Archive,
Chapter 2;
Israel Government Press Office,
Chapters 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, and The Good;
French Press Agency,
Chapter 20;
Dvora Lewy,
And the Evil.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Van Creveld, Martin L.
The sword and the olive : a critical history of the Israeli defense force / Martin van Creveld.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-0-786-72546-5
1. Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśra’el—History. 2. Israel—Armed Forces—History. I. Title.
UA853.I8V373 1998
355’.0095694—dc21
98-21872
CIP