STAUFFER/AMERICAN JEWISH NON-FICTION BOOKS
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H
am m e l
, E
r i c
.
Six days in June: how Israel won the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
New York: Scribner’s, 1992. 452 p. Bibl., ix.
K
a t z
, S
am u e l
M.
Soldier spies: Israeli military intelligence.
Novato, Ca.:
Presidio Pr., 1992. 452 p. Bibl., ix.
A recommended history o f Aman, the military intelligence
branch o f the Israeli Defense Forces.
K
im m e r l in g
, B
a r u c h
a n d
J
o el
S.
M
ig d a l
.
Palestinians: the making of
a people.
New York: Free Pr., 1993. 396
p . B ib l . , ix .
A social history spanning 1834 through 1987 which provides
the best descriptive treatment o f Palestinians in a decade.
L
a n g f u r
, S
t e p h e n
.
Confession from a Jericho jail.
New York: Grove
Weidenfeld, 1992. 259 p.
The prison diary o f an American trained as a philosopher who,
ten years after emigrating to Israel, was sent to prison for 21 days
for refusing to serve in the occupied territories.
L a n k i n , E l i a h u .
T
o
win the Promised Land: story of a freedom fighter.
Wal
nut Creek, Ca.: Benmir Bks., 1992. 380 p. Bibl., ix.
The autobiography o f a former Irgun member.
L
a q u e u r
, W
a l t e r
.
Thursday’s child hasfa r to go: a memoir of thejourneying
years.
New York: Scribner’s, 1993. 418 p. Ix.
L
e e
, E
r i c
.
Saigon to Jerusalem: conversations with U.S. veterans of the Viet
nam war who emigrated to Israel.
Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1992.
200 p. Ix.
Although these stories o f 18 American Jews are written for an
Israeli audience, they still impact on American readers.
L
e h m a n
-W
il z ig
, S
am
N.
Wildfire: grassroots revolts in Israel in the post-
Socialist era.
Albany: State Univ. o f New York Pr., 1992. 198 p.
Bibl., ix. (SUNY series in Israeli studies)
Explores the ways in which the Israeli public has created alter
native service systems (e.g., illegal settlement, an underground
economy, pirate cable TV) in order to cope with the ineffective
governmental systems.
L
ie b e r
, S
h e r m a n
.
Mystics and missionaries: theJews in Palestine.
S a l t L a k e
C ity : U n i v . o f U t a h P r . ,
1992. 489
p . B ib l . , ix .
First English-language survey o f the history o f Jewish settlement
in Palestine from 1799-1840.
M
e l m a n
, Y
o s s i
.
The new Israelis: an intimate view of a changing people.
New York: Carol Pub. Grp., 1992. 246 p. Bibl., ix.
A collection o f first-person anecdotes.
R
o s e n w a s s e r
, P
e n n y
.
Voices from a
“Promised Land”: Palestinian and Is
raeli peace activists speak their hearts: conversations with Penny Rosen
wasser.
1st ed. Willimantic, Ct: Curbstone
P r . ,
1992. 270
p .
Bibl.
The Struggle for peace: Israelis and Palestinians.
1st ed. Ed. by Elizabeth