The Prime Ministers is an insider’s memoir of Israeli politics and governmental decisionmaking from 1948 to the present, written by a former Israeli political adviser, speechwriter and diplomat. It includes interesting commentary on the Entebbe rescue. Ben-Porat, Yeshayahu, Eitan Haber, and Zeev Schiff. Entebbe Rescue. New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1977. Entebbe Rescue is one of the earliest books about the Entebbe raid. It was written in a journalistic style by three of Israel’s leading newspaper reporters. Betser, Moshe, and Robert Rosenberg.
Secret Soldier: The True Life Story of Israel’s Greatest Commando. New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996. This book is the personal memoir of a commander of the Sayeret Matkal commando unit, an elite special operations group of the Israeli Defense Force. In the book he discusses his own memories of his own role in the Entebbe mission. This is the only book written about the role of this commando unit that does not focus largely on Yoni Netanyahu. Dunstan, Simon. Israel’s Lightning Strike: The Raid on Entebbe, 1976. Oxford:
Osprey Publishing, 2009. Israel’s Lightning Strike differs from many of the other books about the Entebbe raid because it is by a filmmaker. The book focuses on the historical significance of the military tactics of the raid. Hastings, Max. Yoni, Hero of Entebbe. New York: Dial Press/J. Wade, 1979. This book is a biography that focuses primarily on Yoni Netanyahu and not on the Entebbe raid, but that contains useful facts not commonly found in other sources. Katz, Samuel M. , and Ron Volstad. Israeli Defense Forces Since 1973.
The Term Paper on Arab Israeli Wars
The Rabinnovich article titled ‘Seven Wars and a Peace Treaty’,gives a chronological background of wars made between Arabs and Israeli’s after the birth of Israeli state. I: First War;1948-1949 The Israeli’s reffered this war as the war of Independence.It had two distinct phases.It first begun in 1947 after UN resolution on the partition of Palestine.The resolution was accepted by the Jewish ...
London: Osprey Publishing, 1986. Another military history, written a former member of the Israel Defense Forces. This book examines the special operations units of the IDF, including the role of special forces in the Entebbe raid. Netanyahu, Ido, and Yoram Hazony. Yoni’s Last Battle: the Rescue at Entebbe, 1976. Hewlett, NY: Gefen Publishing, 2002. A description of the preparations for the raid on Entebbe by Ido Netanyahu, younger brother of Yoni Netanyahu. Netanyahu, Yonatan. The letters of Jonathan Netanyahu. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing, 2001.
A collection of the personal letters and writings of Yoni Netanyahu, an Israeli commander of the Entebbe rescue who was killed during the raid. Ofer, Yehuda. Operation Thunderbolt — The Entebbe Raid: The Israelis’ Own Story. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1976. This early book was written by the former editor-in-chief of the Israeli Air Force Magazine and a leading military, air and space reporter for the Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Aharonot. It is a less dramatic account than some others and is written in a reportorial style. Rabin, Yitzhak. The Rabin Memoirs.
Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press, 1996. This book is a memoir by Yitzhak Rabin, Israel’s Prime Minister at the time of the Entebbe rescue. It contains very interesting personal reflections on the stressful time leading up to the raid. Speregen, Devra. Yoni Netanyahu: Commando at Entebbe. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 1997. This book is a fairly basic overview of the life of Yoni Netanyahu, and is written primarily for middle and high school students. However, it does contain some facts about the Entebbe raid not found in other books. Stevenson, William. 0 Minutes at Entebbe. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1976. 90 Minutes at Entebbe is a very detailed, hour-by-hour account of the Entebbe situaton, starting with the in-flight hijacking of the Air France flight. The book also provides elaborate detail regarding the hijackers’ demands and deadlines. This is one of the few books that discusses the different backgrounds of the various hijackers. It is one of the most exciting of the books written about the Entebbe raid and appears to be directed to a much broader audience than the military histories and the memoirs on the subject.
Harry Potter Book Review
Summary Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the story of a boy named Harry Potter – a wizard attending the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is the second book in the Harry Potter series that corresponds with his 2nd year of school at Hogwarts. This year, before school starts, Harry’s muggle (non-wizarding folk) family the Dursleys, which consists of his hateful and unloving ...
Thomas, Gordon. Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of The Mossad. 5th ed. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. Gideon’s Spies is a history of the Mossad, Israel’s national intelligence intelligence agency, and contains useful material concerning the agency’s role in the Entebbe rescue. Williamson, Tony. Counterstrike Entebbe. London: Collins, 1976. Counterstrike Entebbe may be the earliest book about the Entebbe rescue, published in September 1976, just 2 months after the raid. The book is short on facts and details, and contains a number of significant historical errors.