I wasn’t expecting his reaction and it hit me like a blow to the head.
During the Arab-Israeli war, we were hastened unceremoniously from Egypt, (where I’d been teaching at a mission school), onto a German freighter, one of the last vessels to leave the country with fleeing, or expelled foreigners. 1,224 more words
Elusive Victory: The Arab-Israeli Wars, 1947-1974 by the late Trevor N. Dupuy, a retired US Army colonel turned military historian and former professor at Harvard University, is a topical overview of mid-20th century Middle East history and politics, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press. 231 more words
