The woman who fought an empire : Sarah Aaronsohn and her Nili spy ring

Author/Creator:: Wallance, Gregory, author
Publication/Creation:: [Lincoln, Neb.] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Format:: Book

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Full Title:: The woman who fought an empire : Sarah Aaronsohn and her Nili spy ring / Gregory J. Wallance

Subjects:: Aaronsohn, Sarah
NILI (Organization : Palestine)
Spies--Palestine--Biography
Zionists--Palestine--Biography
World War, 1914-1918--Secret service--Great Britain
Espionage, British--Palestine

Table of Contents:: I will be really happy when I am home -- Two cannot take three places : what is missing is missing -- Don't you feel that a new generation is born? -- What sights her eyes have seen -- They must attack immediately -- The wait -- Aaron aaronsohn's journey -- One of your men came across the desert -- What about Avshalom? -- Black nights -- What I have done, I have done purely for my people and my country -- To Sarah -- We are watched by a thousand eyes -- Everywhere I turn I feel his absence -- The situation is getting worse -- She is worth a hundred men -- The boys will turn into green crowned date palms.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: "The Woman Who Fought an Empire" tells the improbable odyssey of a spirited young woman--the daughter of Romanian-born Jewish settlers in Palestine--and her journey from unhappy housewife to daring leader of a notorious Middle East spy ring.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xiv, 293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
General Note:: Place of publication taken from publisher's website.