Samuel M. Katz

Battleground: Fact and Fantasy in Palestine is a history of the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict by Shmuel Katz. The book analyzes the roots of the conflict and what he sees as the inseparable connection between modern and biblical Israel.

"This is the true story of how the NYPD learned of the impending attack and made a daring predawn raid on the terrorist hideout. The gripping series of events began with an Egyptian immigrant who alerted the police. Coordinating an assault with limited resources and manpower, six brave members of the NYPD moved in and …

From the Oklahoma city bombing to the Empire State Building slaughter, from the crash of TWA Flight 800 to hair-raising hostage negotition with barricaded criminals, follow the front-line action of the New York Police Department's Emergency Service Unit--in a riveting eyewitness account of the ESU's intrepid …