Audiobook6 hours
Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force
Written by Jeffrey Weiss and Craig Weiss
Narrated by Barry Abrams
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
Fighting Back is the story of Stan Andrews, an assimilated American Jew and World War II veteran who became one of the first fighter pilots in the history of the Israeli Air Force.
In 1948, Stan Andrews left a comfortable postwar life in Los Angeles to travel to the war-torn Middle East, where a four-front Arab invasion threatened to destroy the newly-declared State of Israel. There he joined the Israeli Air Force and became one of its first fighter pilots. Andrews was an unexpected volunteer for the fight for a Jewish state. He was many things-an artist, writer, assimilated Jew, ladies' man, pilot, and combat veteran of the Pacific War. He had previously been aloof from the struggle for Jewish independence but found himself so roused by the anti-Semitism of 1940s America that he decided to go to Israel and risk everything. Stan made the most of his time in Israel, serving in fighter and bomber squadrons and leaving his mark on an Israeli Air Force that has since become the stuff of legend.
In 1948, Stan Andrews left a comfortable postwar life in Los Angeles to travel to the war-torn Middle East, where a four-front Arab invasion threatened to destroy the newly-declared State of Israel. There he joined the Israeli Air Force and became one of its first fighter pilots. Andrews was an unexpected volunteer for the fight for a Jewish state. He was many things-an artist, writer, assimilated Jew, ladies' man, pilot, and combat veteran of the Pacific War. He had previously been aloof from the struggle for Jewish independence but found himself so roused by the anti-Semitism of 1940s America that he decided to go to Israel and risk everything. Stan made the most of his time in Israel, serving in fighter and bomber squadrons and leaving his mark on an Israeli Air Force that has since become the stuff of legend.
Related to Fighting Back
Related audiobooks
Given Up for Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Matter of Honor: Pearl Harbor: Betrayal, Blame, and a Family's Quest for Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War in the Middle East: A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Isaac's Army: A Story of Courage and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stalin's Had It Now! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lone Wolf: The Remarkable Story of Britain's Greatest Nightfighter Ace of the Blitz - Flt Lt Richard Playne Stevens DSO, DFC & BAR Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ragged Edge: A US Marine's Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shadows in the Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Angels in the Sky: How a Band of Volunteer Airmen Saved the New State of Israel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond The Sea: A Wren at War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsValor: The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man's Defiance and Indomitable Spirit Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Cooler King: The True Story of William Ash - Spitfire Pilot, POW and Wwii's Greatest Escaper Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulf War, 1990-91 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Israel’s Wars: The History and Legacy of the Jewish State’s Most Important Military Conflicts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fighting in the Dark: Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sharon: The Life of a Leader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gold of Exodus: The Discovery of the Real Mount Sinai Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Middle Eastern History For You
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Beirut to Jerusalem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine Peace Not Apartheid: Peace Not Apartheid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Generation Kill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Islam: A Short History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Case for Israel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5History of Israel – Palestine Conflict Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terrorist Factory: ISIS, the Yazidi Genocide, and Exporting Terror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mossad: The History and Legacy of Israel’s National Intelligence Agency Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Reviews for Fighting Back
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews