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There were a number of excellent books written about the Volunteers in the War of Independence. Unfortunately, most of them are out of print. However, Ehud Yonay's "NO MARGIN FOR ERROR" is still available. His book gives an excellent account of the development of the Israeli Air Force with much of it dealing with the Machal Volunteers who formed the fighter and bomber wings in those early days of the Jewish State.  

Another book well worth reading is "NO TROPHY NO SWORD" by Air Force Machalnik Harold Livingston. He tells the fascinating story of the Air Transport Command and the pilots and crew who flew the old, falling apart war surplus C-46 Transports from California to Panama, Brazil, Africa, Italy, and then on to a secret base in Communist Czechoslovakia where the planes were loaded up with their cargoes of arms, ammunition - and fighter planes - ironically nazi-designed Messerschmitts!

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Finally there is a book by yours truly - Jason Fenton. I have just completed a 500 page, 12 chapter book that started out as the story of my Unit's participation in the War of Independence but which grew to include the full story of the Volunteers. It is dedicated to the men and women of Machal who risked their lives to ensure Israel's survival.  
 
"VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE" is written from a perspective that other books about Israel's most costly war have rarely had - that of the Machal 'Anglo-Saxim' who brought so much expertise and experience to the nascent Jewish Army in all branches of the IDF. The book is fully illustrated with campaign maps and over 200 original photographs (most of them from the personal collections of the Machalniks themselves) of those momentous times and is replete with many excerpts from the 1948/49 Palestine Post that provide background on all phases of the war, plus articles that relate specifically to the contributions of the foreign volunteers. 

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SHALOM U'VRACHA - JASON FENTON