Moshe Rashkes

Days of Lead

Defying Death During Israel's War of Independence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hailed by the likes of Israel's founder David Ben-Gurion, Days of Lead is a gripping best seller recounting the author's life on the front line during Israel's War of Independence and is internationally released for the first time in conjunction with Israel's 70th birthday.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apollo Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781948062022
• ISBN-10: 194806202X
• Artikelnr.: 50265440

Autorenporträt

Moshe Rashkes was a platoon leader in Israel's War of Independence and received a Citation of Valor when he was discharged in 1948 after a serious injury. In 1950, he was named chairman of Israel's Disabled War Veterans Organization, where he was responsible, through 1958, for the rehabilitation of more than six thousand disabled veterans. In 1965, he was named chairman of Israel's Ilan Center for the Physically Disabled, a world-class rehabilitative sports center. Under his leadership, the center became one of the largest and most successful rehab sports facilities in the world. In addition to being a best-selling author of Days of Lead, Rashkes wrote three other highly acclaimed books and was a journalist who covered the Six-Day War. He lived in Herzeliya, Israel until his passing in 2018.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: The Hill
Chapter 2: The Camp
Chapter 3: The Convoy
Chapter 4: The Trap
Chapter 5: The Road to Jerusalem
Chapter 6: Sight
Chapter 7: Night
Chapter 8: The Stains
Chapter 9: The Few
Chapter 10: Nightmare
Chapter 11: The Order
Chapter 12: A Fading Twilight