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    HAWKEYE

    Feb 16, 2021 1 minute
    Marshall Michel

    by Brigadier General Giora Even-Epstein, Grub Street, 2020, $32.95.

    As a former fighter pilot and air attaché to Israel, I had high hopes for this book, is not just an autobiographical collection of “there I was” war stories (though there are plenty of those), but also touches on the history of the state of Israel, its conflicts with Arab neighbors and Israel Air Force (IAF) training and tactics.

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