The Secret Alliance: Extraordinary Story of the Rescue of the Jews Since World War II

Szulc, Tad

ISBN 10: 0333499271 / ISBN 13: 9780333499276

Published by Macmillan, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Secret Alliance: Extraordinary Story of the Rescue of the Jews Since World War II
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333499271
• ISBN 13: 9780333499276
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 23 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • JUDAISM

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Synopsis

This book is the dramatic and largely unknown story of the rescue of more than two million Jews from Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East since the Second World War. It reveals a vast covert intelligence-and-rescue network which led, argues Tad Szulc, to the birth of the state of Israel. Once a separate Jewish homeland was established (1948) the challenge shifted from illegal immigration to emigration - freeing Jews from all countries.

About the Author

Tad Szulc was a journalist, foreign policy analyst and biographer. The author of more than 25 books, he was the winner of the Overseas Press Club Award and the Maria Moors Cabot Award for coverage of Latin America and was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. Born in Warsaw in 1925, he went to the United States following World War 2 and became a foreign correspondent for the New York Times for 20 years. At the Times, he covered Latin America -- where he broke the story of the impending-but-secret Bay of Pigs invasion -- American foreign and national security policy, and Cold War Europe, where he was present during the Soviet invasion of Czechosolvakia -- and was expelled by the KGB for his reporting. After leaving The Times, he enjoyed a prolific book writing career, which included his highly acclaimed biographies of Fidel Castro, and Pope John Paul II. He died in 2001.