[1rudeboy]

I’m interested in reading a historical account of this period. Anyone have any good book recommendations, preferably with tiny print and a boatload of footnotes?

[Sola Veritas]

There was a movie made in the mid 60s, starring Kirk Douglas, that was based upon a U.S. Army Colonel that went over to the IDF after WWII and became their first general. I cannont remember his name.

[hinckley buzzard]

There is a good section about the era of Israel's founding in Paul Johnson's Modern Times, history of the twentieth century.

[dervish]

Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel’s War of Independence
Welcome to the Virtual Museum

http://israelvets.com/home.html

West Point holds annual Mickey Marcus ceremony

http://www.usma.edu/PublicAffairs/PV/050520/mickey.htm

Rudy Augarten (WW2 Ace) - avenging the Holocaust

http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/augarten/augarten.htm

http://www.sabra.net/machal/english.html