New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1978. Presumed First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.25 inches by 10 inches. 232 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Maps. Prologue. Part One The patriarchs. Part Two From Slavery to Freedom. Part Three The Promised Land. Part Four The Kingdom of Israel. Part Five The House of David. Index. DJ has wear, tears, chips, and soiling. Inscribed on inside of fep "To Secretary Vance, With Friendship and Appreciation. Moshe Dayan. An exploration of the archeology of the Holy Land and a reinterpretation of Bible stories. Moshe Dayan (20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Suez Crisis, but mainly as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of Israel. In the 1930s, Dayan joined the Haganah, the Jewish defense force of Mandatory Palestine. He served in the Special Night Squads under Orde Wingate in Palestine and later lost an eye in a raid on Vichy forces in Lebanon during WWII. Dayan was close to Ben-Gurion and joined him in setting up the Rafi party in 1965. Dayan became Defence Minister just before the 1967 Six-Day War. After the Yom Kippur War of 1973, during which Dayan served as Defense Minister, he was blamed for the lack of preparedness. In 1977, following the election of Menachem Begin as Prime Minister, Dayan joined the Likud-led government as Foreign Minister, playing an important part in negotiating the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 208, illus., maps, sources, index, DJ somewhat soiled and some edge wear. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 286 p. Bibliography. Index. More

Seattle, WA: Educare Press, 2002. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. xix, [1], 326, [6] pages. Maps. Illustrations. Glossary. People in the Holy Land. Place Names. Sources. Index. Autographed sticker on front of DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Dorothy Drummond is an educator, author, speaker, and world traveler. She is a former president of the National Council for Geographic Education, has authored three World Cultures textbooks, and has traveled widely in the Middle East. The Holy Land struggles with the continual intrusion of the past upon the present. "Holy Land, Whose Land? Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots" investigates the tradition, history, and beliefs that underlie the deep divisions between Israelis and Palestinians. Without bias, she tells the complicated story -- both sacred and profane -- of a unique, beautiful, and tortured land. From Abraham to Arafat, the Holy Land has long been a cauldron of conflict. Holy Land, Whose Land? Modern Dilemma, Ancient Roots investigates the complex political and philosophical choices that have perpetuated the incessant rivalry between Israel and the surrounding Arab states. Holy Land examines how this region, claimed by three of the world's largest monotheistic religions, struggles with the continual intrusion of the past upon the present. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complicated story, both sacred and profane, of this unique, beautiful and tortured land. More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Second Edition, 1967. Hardcover. 479 p. : illus. (part col. ) ports (part col. ); 29 cm. More

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, c1976. First? Printing. 24 cm, 336, illus., endpaper maps, appendix, index, rear DJ scratched, DJ edges worn & small chips. More

New York: First Edition. First Printing. 1992. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 671, [1] pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ has slight wear, soiling and sticker residue at bar code. Slightly cockes and front hing somewhat sprung. Signed and dated by the author on the half-title page. Some edge soiling. From a distinguished statesman, diplomat, scholar, and bestselling author comes an intimate portrait of the Israeli history he both witnessed and helped to forge. Eban was educated at Cambridge University. He began his governmental career in 1948 as United Nations representative for the provisional government of Israel, and became permanent representative in 1949. From 1950 to 1959 he served concurrently as the Israeli ambassador to the United States. In Israel, Eban has held many cabinet positions, including that of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Knesset for decades. More

New York, N.Y. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1979. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 271, [7] pages. One source lists this author as being having the real name of Don Newnham but that has not been confirmed. If so, he was born in Canada and worked for many years as a newspaper correspondent. This novel is a dramatic reconstruction of the last eleven weeks in the life of T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, who died on the 19th of May, 1935. It is based on his experiences during and after World War I, as written by him and in differing accounts by historians and biographers. The events and characters in this novel are historically accurate, except where the demands of fiction are stronger than those of history. Where one truth ends and another begins is, as always, for the individual to decide. Based on meticulous historical research, and intricately interweaving real and fictional characters, The Murder of Lawrence of Arabia places an unknowing Lawrence at the center of a web of international intrigue from which there is no escape. A fascinating reading experience, the novel is an impressive achievement on many levels--in the authenticity of its details, in the compelling psychological portrait the author draws of the haunted, enigmatic Lawrence, in his sweeping evocation of Lawrence's Middle East adventures, and in the sheer page-turning suspense he develops as the hunters close in on their quarry. More

Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 1976. First English Edition. 22 cm, 331, illus., references, index, pencil erasure on half-title, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips. Foreword by Howard Sachar. More

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 21 cm, 284, Endpaper map. Indices. Ex-library with usual library markings, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. George Fielding Eliot (22 June 1894 – 21 April 1971) was a Second Lieutenant in the Australian army in World War I. He became a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and later a Major in the Military Intelligence Reserve of the United States Army. He was the author of 15 books on military and political matters in the 1930s through the 1960s, wrote a syndicated column on military affairs and was the military analyst on radio and on television for CBS News during World War II. In 1937 he wrote (with R. Ernest Dupuy) the widely cited "If War Comes." In 1938 he wrote "The ramparts we watch," a widely cited book which made predictions of the coming war and made recommendations for strengthening national defense. During WWII, he wrote on the war and military strategy. Another nonfiction military book he wrote was "Bombs bursting in air." In this book Fielding outlines the likelihood of German bombing raids on London which would be made possible from bases in Belgium and the Netherlands. He laid out the defense needs for projecting American Air Power into the Atlantic, which would later be realized with the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. He broadcast coverage of the second world war from London. On 7 December 1941, when U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor were attacked by the Japanese, Eliot not only broadcast on radio, but on the 10 hours of CBS television coverage of the attack. This was the first extended television coverage of a breaking news event. More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 448 pages. Illus., bibliography, notes, index, weakness to front board, DJ soiled & stained: sm tears. Presentation copy signed by author. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First American Edition. 384, illus., maps, bibliography, index, name stamped ins front flyleaf, boards & spine somewhat scuffed, some wear to bd edges. More