Oh Jerusalem!

The book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, dedicated to the struggle for Jerusalem during the War of Independence of Israel in 1947–1948, was first published in 1972 and became a worldwide bestseller. Journalists, not historians, the authors do not claim impeccable academic accuracy, but based on numerous interviews with participants in the events and archival materials, they provide an extremely detailed picture of the military actions and political intrigues that accompanied the formation of the new state and the determination of the status of Jerusalem. Striving to obtain a comprehensive and as objective as possible picture of the events, they cross-reference sources of Arab, Israeli, British, American, and French origin. Therefore, their work remains a crucial testimony to this historical moment, allowing us even today to literally see with our own eyes how the State of Israel was born.