The Edge of the Sword Israel's War of Independence, (1947-49) Second Revised Edition 1968 msx

Jerusalem: Massada Press Ltd., 1968. 2nd. Edition. Hardcover. VG Very Good/Lightly chipped. Octavo, [26.25cm/10.5inches], full gilt-embossed sea-blue cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 579, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, maps, sketches, &ct. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Born in Germany, Netanel Lorch (1925-1997) emigrated to Palestine in 1935. At age 16, Lorch joined the Haganah and, within two years, was in command of the Gadna (Youth Battalion) of the village where he taught school. In 1944, he served in the Jewish Brigade, part of the Allied Forces, in Egypt and Western Europe. After his release in 1946, he was a scriptwriter with the Palestine Broadcasting Service before reenlisting full-time in the Haganah. During the War of Independence, he served as Platoon and later Company Commander in Jerusalem. After the war he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Yigael Yadin, Chief of the General Staff. ... In human terms, the War of Independence was Israel's costliest war, with over 6,000 Israelis were killed and 15,000 wounded. The war consisted of 39 separate operations, fought from the borders of Lebanon to the Sinai Peninsula and Eilat.