Days of Lead (eBook)

Defying Death During Israel’s War of Independence

Moshe Rashkes (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
208 Seiten
Apollo Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-948062-09-1 (ISBN)

Infos

#1 Best Seller - Over 50,000 Copies Sold 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. Exquisitely written with a poetically beautiful touch, Days of Lead is the page-turning true story of a young soldier's brave escapades during Israel's War of Independence in 1948. This incredible account, an immediate best seller in Israel on its release in 1962 and destined to be celebrated internationally for years to come, is a story of determination and heroism, but also a stinging portrait of life on the battlefieldof looking an enemy soldier, also wide-eyed and only eighteen, in the eyes and knowing that it's his life or yours, either you take a life or you lose yours. Far from a regular coming-of-age story, this is a firsthand account of a young man trying desperately to save the lives of his fellow soldiers, but watching them taken down one-by-one until he's the last man alive on his platoon. It's heartrending, but enthralling. This new edition of Days of Lead, published in English and internationally released for the first time, provides an up-close view of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv long before they became the bustling cities we know today. It also presents fascinating, never-before-shared context on the making of the book and its enduring relevancy, as Israeli soldiers continue to fight for Israel's right to exist. In a personal letter to the author, Israel's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, one of many well-known celebrators of the book, writes, ';I started reviewing your book without the intention of reading to its end, but from the first pages I was captivated and I read it to the end through excitement and astonishment. From where all the sudden pops up such mighty expression, truth telling, and wonderful description? It seems to me that until now I have not read such a precise and true story of combat from the War of Independence. . . . You have contributed a valuable asset . . . to our literature at large.'

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.4.2018
• Vorwort: Max Cleland, Arik Rashkes
• Verlagsort: New York City
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: 1948 • 1948 War • account of combat soldiers • against the odds • arab israeli war • Arab Jewish Civil War story • battles • brutality • Chanukah • chanukah gift • combat • combat stories • creation of israel • David Ben Gurion • Death • Emotions • enemy combatants • Fears • Gaza • Gift • Green Line • Grief • Gun Violence • Hanukkah • Hebrew • Herzliya • Historical memoir • History of Israel • IDF • Intifada • Israel • israel books • Israeli • Israeli history • israeli independence day • israel independence day • israeli war • israel palestine • israels war of independence memoir • israel war • Jerusalem • jerusalem in twentieth century • Jew • Jewish • Jewish History • Judaism • Life and Death • Middle East • Middle Eastern • middle east war story soldier israel war of independence jewish judaism jew israeli combat battlefield veteran grief death survival arab israeli war 1948 war yom kippur rosh hashanah hannukah chanukah gift tel aviv jerusalem veteran hebrew yom ha'atzmaut ptsd jewish history israel books • military history • Oslo Accords • Page Turner • Palestine • palestinian • personal account of war • personal account of young soldier • personal battlefield experience • PTSD • Rosh Hashanah • Shimon Peres • six day war • soldier • soldier’s account • Soldier Story • story of combat • story of israeli soldier • story of life on battlefield • struggles • Survival • Tel Aviv • tel aviv in twentieth century • troops • True War Story • uplifting stories • Veteran • Violence • war and battle • war in israel • war in twentieth century • war of 1948 independence • War of Independence • War story • West Bank • yom • yom ha'atzmaut • Yom Kippur • Yom Kippur War
• ISBN-10: 1-948062-09-7 / 1948062097
• ISBN-13: 978-1-948062-09-1 / 9781948062091