Fighting Heroes of Israel Author:Harold U. Ribalow, ed. On the eve of Yigal Allon's 13th birthday, his father gave him a Turksih horse pistol. "This is your Bar Mitzvah present. We'll see whether or not you're a man. Tomorrow night I'm sending you out on patrol ... alone." — That's how they learn to fight ... the fighting heroes of Israel. — Here's the dramatic roster of Jewish fighters, from the an... more »cient conqueror Judah Maccabee to the modern Israelis like Moshe Dayan, Yigael Yadin, David Marcus, Yigal Allon, whose daring miltary exploits have changed history in our time ... The first book to give the 2000-year story of the FIGHTING HEROES OF ISRAEL.« less