Jews in Wars Through the Centuries

The best seller of last years! A popular narration about feats and heroism of the Jewish soldiers in the greatest fights of three millenia. The author - the well-known political scientist and the military journalist living in the USA.His book , "The Jews in the wars of the Millennium" first appeared in Russian in New York in 1996 . Then there it was reprinted four times. Finally , this book was published in Moscow and the Israeli- Russian publishing house " Cultural Bridges " in February 2004 .

Considering that the best of its contents can not be said , let me give you a few excerpts from the preface to the first edition , which was written by one of the greatest writers of our time , Anatoly Rybakov .

"The military history of the Jewish people " - this phrase many causes bewilderment. It is commonly thought that the military history of the Jewish people ended with the defeat of the Bar Kochba revolt . And in the rest of the century AD Jews were not engaged in military affairs : the constant humiliation , expulsion , extermination turned them into neprotivlentsev , defeatists and cowards , a people with such a mentality could not fight with weapons in their hands , to serve in the army , to perform heroic deeds , and to command the troops .

However, the history of the last nineteen centuries refutes this notion of the Jews. There is good evidence of the existence of the Jewish state in Asia and Africa , where the population bravely defended their independence. Numerous and powerful Jewish communities and clans for centuries fought hard for their freedom . Finally , the Jews in some states of the first millennium BC constituted the ruling oligarchy , including - the military , of which formed the elite military units in the battles they showed courage and military skill.

However, a 4000 - year military history of the Jewish people, almost nothing is known. Occasionally out separate editions devoted to Jewish soldiers in the West. Published by his puny circulation , in other languages ​​, as a rule , were not translated , became a rarity. But no country has not yet published a book in which military history of the Jewish people would be considered generally, throughout its nearly 4,000 -year stretch.

And here is a book in front of you - the first book, which attempts to highlight the military history of the Jewish people in all times and in all countries. "

table of contents

foreword
from the author

PART ONE
 ANCIENT ISRAEL
Chapter 1. biblical battle
Chapter 2. Hasmonean dynasty in the fight
for the revival of Israel
Chapter 3. The Jewish War
Chapter 4. The Bar Kochba

PART TWO
 Medieval and early modern Chapter 5. Map Zutra , Du- Nuwas , the Queen and other Kagina
Jewish generals in the battles I millennium BC. e
Chapter 6. Jews in the wars XI-XVIII centuries

PART THREE
 JEWS in the armies of Europe and Asia, XIX CENTURY
Chapter 7. France
Chapter 8. Austria- Hungary
Chapter 9. United Kingdom
Chapter 10. Italy
Chapter 11. Prussia
Chapter 12. Poland
Chapter 13. Netherlands
Romania , Turkey
Chapter 14. Jews in the United States Army
Chapter 15. Jews in the army of the Russian Empire

PART FOUR
 JEWS AT THE FRONT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Chapter 16. The Russian Empire
Chapter 17. France
Chapter 18. United Kingdom
Chapter 19. The Jewish legion
Chapter 20. Belgium
Chapter 21. Italy
Chapter 22. USA
Chapter 23. Germany
Chapter 24. Austria- Hungary
Chapter 25. Turkey

PART FIVE
 JEWS AT THE FRONT OF THE CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIA
Chapter 26. Leon Trotsky - an outstanding leader
XX century
Chapter 27. Jewish generals of the Civil War

PART SIX
 Jews in the armies of the world AND ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS
Chapter 28. Western Europe and the United States of America
Chapter 29. The Soviet Union
The Spanish Civil War
War with Finland
Gen. Gregory Stern

PART SEVEN
 JEWS AT THE FRONT OF THE WESTERN WORLD WAR II
Chapter 30 . USA
Chapter 31. United Kingdom
Chapter 32. Jewish Brigade
Chapter 33. British Dominions
Union of South Africa
Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 34. France
Chapter 35. Poland
Chapter 36. Jewish partisans in Western and Eastern Europe ... Last maran

PART EIGHT
 JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION AT THE FRONT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Chapter 37. heroes
Chapter 38. commanders
Infantrymen and cavalrymen
tankers
gunners
sappers
airmen
I'm going to ram !
sailors
Chapter 39. Warlords
housing
army
front
Marshal Malinovsky
Senior military leadership
The fate of senior military commanders , the Jews after the war
Chapter 40 . Soviet Jewish partisans
Chapter 41. Blacksmiths arms of victory
construction
ammunition
tanks
armament
artillery
reactive weapons
small arms
optical Devices
aircraft industry
aircraft armament
Chapter 42. The Jews in the intelligence services of the Soviet Union ...
Jews - the leaders of the Soviet intelligence
exploration of state security
What is it blood ?
Career Andropov
Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff
Jewish women in the Soviet intelligence
Chapter 43. healers
Chapter 44. Mountain , Bukharan and Georgian Jews at the front

PART NINE
 Modern Israel
Chapter 45 . History of the IDF
Chapter 46. The War for Independence
Chapter 47. The Sinai Campaign
Chapter 48. Legendary six days in June
Chapter 49. The Yom Kippur War
Chapter 50 . Israel's anti-terrorist operations
"Operation Entebbe "
"Operation Peace for Galilee "
Chapter 51 . Israeli commandos
Chapter 52. Mossad - the legend and reality
Chapter 53. Secrets of Israeli bombs
Chapter 54. Strategic mistake ?

APPLICATIONS
The application number 1. American military commanders - Jews
the second half of the XX century
Appendix number 2 . The Jews in the space tracks
Appendix 3 number . But we made missiles
The application number 4 . List of military commanders of the Jews ,
who served in the Red Army, on June 30, 1936
The application number 5 . Jews - National Heroes of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation

conclusion

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