O Jerusalem!
Author: Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Format: Paperback, 640pp.
ISBN: 0671662414
Publisher:
Touchstone Books
Pub. Date: May 1998
About the Authors
Larry Collins is author of Fall
From Grace and co-author, with Dominique Lapierre, of
the bestselling Is Paris Burning? and Or I'll Dress You
in Mourning. For more than ten years he was a foreign
correspondent for UPI and then for Newsweek. He lives in
France. Dominique Lapierre is the author of the
bestselling City of Joy. He was for many years a senior
reporter and editor for Paris Match. He lives in France.
Description Here is the classic retelling of the
spellbinding events of the birth of Israel. Moment by
moment, Collins and Lapierre weave a brilliant tapestry
of shattered hopes, fierce pride, and breathtaking
daring as the Arabs, Jews, and British collide in their
fight for control of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem!
meticulously recreates this historic struggle.
The Jews
From the commanders — Ben Gurion and Golda Meir — to the
soldiers, rabbinical students, and refugees taken
directly from their ships to fight
The Arabs
From the
explosives expert planting bombs to the charismatic
chieftain whose death in battle doomed the Arab cause
but inspired a generation of Palestinians
The British
From the legacy of peacekeeping after General Allenby's
conquest of Jerusalem to their departure in the face of
the onslaught O Jerusalem! is a towering testament to
the fiery birth of Israel and an unforgettable tale of
faith and violence, of betrayal and indomitable courage.
Table of Contents
Prologue Part One JERUSALEM: "A Time to Mourn and a
Time to Dance"
1. Decision at Flushing Meadow
2. "At Last We Are a Free People."
3. "Papa Has Returned."
4. Two Passengers To Prague
5. Two Peoples, Two Armies
6. "We Will Strangle Jerusalem." Photograph Section
Part Two JERUSALEM: A House Against Itself
7. "Are We
Not Neighbors...?"
8. The Santa Claus of the Haganah
9. Journey to Absurdity
10. "Bab El Wad on the Road to the
City
11. Golda Meir's Twenty-Five "Stephans"
12. Salvation Comes From the Sky." 13. "We Shall Become As
Hard As Stone." 14. A Flash Of White Light 15. An
Unlikely Lawrence 16. The Haberdasher From Kansas City
17. The Convoy Will Not Arrive Part Three JERUSALEM: A
City Besieged 18. A House In The Middle Of Hell 19.
"Hang On To Jerusalem With Your Teeth." 20. Six Words On
A Bumber 21. "One Of The Arabs We Killed Last Night" 22.
The Peace Of Deir Yassin 23. "Shalom, My Dear . . ." 24.
"Attack And Attack And Attack." 25. A Message From Glubb
Pasha 26. "We Shall Come Back." 27. "Throw Stones And
Die." 28. By Just One Vote 29. The Last Supper 30. The
Fifth Day Of Iyar Photograph Section Part Four
JERUSALEM: A City Divided 31. "These Shall Stand." 32.
"The Most Beautiful Month Of The Year." 33. "Go Save
Jerusalem." 34. "A Lament For A Generation." 35. "Yosef
Has Saved Jerusalem!" 36. "Take Latrun." 37. Ticket To A
Promise Land 38. "Execute Your Task At All Costs." 39.
The Wheatfields Of Latrun." 40. ". . . Remember Me Only
In Happiness." 41. "Good Night And Goodbye From
Jerusalem." 42. "We'll Open A New Road." 43. "The Arab
People Will Never Forgive Us." 44. A Toast To The Living
45. The Thirty-Day Pause 46. The Flawed Trumpet Epilogue
Biographical Notes Acknowledgments
Bibliography Index Photograph Credits
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