Phoenix: Shimon Peres and the Secret History of Israel

by Michael Bar-Zohar

"The Jewish people doesn't know what it owes to Shimon Peres." Said David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founding father.
Indeed, the young Peres, operating in secrecy, was the builder of Israel's military might. In Israel's Independence war, he acquired weapons from all over the world, and later drew the plans for the conquest of the Negev.

Appointed Director General of the Defense Ministry at the age of twenty-nine, he built Israel's Aircraft...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1630640557
• ISBN13: 9781630640552
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: West 26th Street Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"