Title The reckoning : death and intrigue in the promised land : a true detective story / Patrick Bishop.

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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]

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Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	956.9405 BIS	Check Shelf
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Edition	First U.S. edition.
Description	xii, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note	"Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers"--Title page verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.
Contents	'There are few who do good and many that do evil' -- 'This was the job for' -- 'Let fists be flung like stone' -- 'A soul for a soul and blood for blood' -- 'And he is a rebel, eager for the storm' -- 'In the underground' -- 'they will cover your memory with spittle and disgrace' -- A 'trap for the British brutes' -- 'Al-Ta'Amod!' -- 'It doesn't matter if they kill me' -- 'Avraham, Avraham' -- 'The blood of your brethren is calling to you from the gave' -- 'Hatred was aflame in their hearts and the need for vengeance burned' -- 'Terrorism is an infectious disease -- 'Striking a blow against the falsification of history' -- 'It's nothing like the truth' -- 'The Holy City."
Summary	"One of Britain's most renowned military historians revisits the death of Zionist leader Avraham Stern-- head of Israel's notorious Stern Gang-- at the hand of a British policeman during WW II"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Stern, Abraham, 1907-1942 -- Assassination.
	Stern, Abraham, 1907-1942. (OCoLC)fst00278787
	Loḥame ḥerut Yiśraʼel -- Biography.
	Loḥame ḥerut Yiśraʼel. (OCoLC)fst00589827
Chronological Term	1917 - 1948
Subject	Revisionist Zionists -- Palestine -- Biography.
	HISTORY / Middle East / Israel.
	HISTORY / Jewish.
	HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
	Assassination. (OCoLC)fst00818962
	Political science. (OCoLC)fst01069781
	Revisionist Zionists. (OCoLC)fst01096562
	Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1917-1948.
	Middle East -- Palestine. (OCoLC)fst01207534
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN	9780062267825 (hardback) $26.99
	0062267825 (hardback)
	9780062267832 (pbk.)
	9780062267849 (ebk.)

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