About the Author

Born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, historian and author Gerry van Tonder came to Britain in 1999. Specializing in military history, Gerry has authored Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981; Book of Remembrance: Rhodesia Native Regiment and Rhodesian African Rifles; North of the Red Line (on the South African border war), and the co-authored definitive Rhodesia Regiment 1899-1981. Gerry presented a copy of the latter to the regiment's former colonel-in-chief, Her Majesty the Queen. Gerry writes extensively for several Pen & Sword military history series including 'Cold War 1945-1991', 'Military Legacy' (focusing on the heritage of British cities), 'Echoes of the Blitz' and 'A History of Terror'.

Reviews

This is an interesting and detailed account of the Irgun Tsvai Leumi ("National Military Organization,"
known as the 'Irgun'), the quasi-military organization of the pre-1948 Israeli State's right-wing
dissident political movement... The book's text is illustrated by numerous photographs.-- "Perspectives on Terrorism"