From Tragedy to Triumph: The Politics Behind the Rescue of Ethiopian Jewry

by Mitchell G. Bard

From 1984 to 1991, Israel conducted a series of dramatic rescues, bringing thousands of Ethiopian Jews to the state of Israel. Codenamed Operation Sheba, this effort involved various covert means, including large-scale airlifts and exchanges for arms, to save these Jews from intolerable conditions in Ethiopia and the Sudan. But as dramatic and uplifting as this effort was, there are still troubling questions about why it took so many years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275970000
• ISBN13: 9780275970000
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 10.0"