I Am My Brother's Keeper: American Volunteers in Israel's War for Independence, 1947-1949 Book

Based on recently declassified documents and more than two hundred interviews, I Am My Brother's Keeper tells the story of the more than one thousand Americans and Canadians, Jews and non-Jews, who fought in Israel's War of Independence. This is a story about men like Rudy Augarten (shown on the front cover), who interrupted his studies at Harvard to fly for Israel. This, despite the fact that Augarten had been shot down over occupied France during World War II, and survived sixty-three days behind enemy lines. It's about Chris Magee, a World War II ace and veteran of Pappy Boyington's Black Sheep Squadron who felt the Jews deserved a homeland. And about American Indian Jesse Slade, who believed that fighting for Israel was "the Christian thing to do." And Buzz Beurling, the legendary "Falcon of Malta" who sought to recapture the glory days of World War II. I Am My Brother's Keeper captures the powerful story of those Jews and Christians who stood up to be counted at a critical time in Jewish history. Only three years after the Holocaust, these volunteers helped establish the State of Israel. This story will forever change your understanding of the relationship between Americans and Israelis.