From Fighters to Soldiers How the Israeli Defense Forces Began
Yaacov Goldstein
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“Far from being organizationally and ideologically unprepared to deal with the new political and military realities, the Hashomer was in advance of its time and in both theory and practice laid the foundations for the Hagana and the Israel Defense Force.” Choice
“Deepens our understanding regarding the crystalization of the Yishuv’s national institutions.” The Journal of Israeli History
