Capsule Review January 1951 Issue

New Star in the Near East and Neguev and I Saw the Battle of Jerusalem and the Army of Israel

Kenneth W. Bilby and Teddy Eytan and Harry Levin and Moshe P
Reviewed by Henry L. Roberts

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New Star in the Near East and Neguev and I Saw the Battle of Jerusalem and the Army of Israel

By Kenneth W. Bilby and Teddy Eytan and Harry Levin and Moshe P
Doubleday and Presse Française et Étrangère and Schocken and Philosophical Library, 1950
2,147,483,647 pp. $3.50
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Four reports primarily devoted to the various military actions involved in the creation of the Republic of Israel. Bilby's excellent reporting covers the period after the withdrawal of British troops; Eytan participated in the Negev campaign; Levin was an eyewitness to the siege of Jerusalem; Colonel Pearlman directed the Israeli press information services.