Aaronsohn's maps
Subtitle: the untold story of the man who might have created peace in the Middle East
By: Patricia Goldstone
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Orlando
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780151011698
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Zionism; NILI (Organization : Palestine); Jews; Military intelligence; Nili <Körperschaft>; History; Biography; Palästinafrage
Description: Profiles scientist, diplomat, and spy Aaron Aaronsohn, focusing on his role in the struggle to create a homeland for the Jews, his compilation of the region's first detailed water maps and Palestine's national borders, and his influence in establishing the state of Israel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-335) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Jew in the bathchair; title: The spies of Moses; title: Flying the Zionist kite in America; title: Minuet; title: The locust hunter; title: Felix Krull, confidence man; title: He who writes the dispatches; title: "Our people"; title: The sacrifice; title: Icarus falls from the sky; title: Inconvenient heroes; title: Aaronsohn's roadmap.