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Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force

By (author) Jeffrey Weiss, By (author) Craig Weiss

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Fighting Back is the story of Stan Andrews, an assimilated American Jew and World War II veteran who became one of the first fighter pilots in the history of the Israeli Air Force. â€œJeffrey andÂ CraigÂ Weiss have uncovered the story of a Jewish hero in the mold of a Leon Uris character. Readers will enjoy trying to keep up with Stan Andrewsâ€”a typical Jewish New Yorker turned daring combat pilotâ€”as he chases history from the air force planes of the United States and the nascent state of Israel.â€ â€“Dan Senor, New York Times bestselling co-author of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israelâ€™s Economic Miracle. â€œAbsorbing and beautifully written, Fighting Back tells the thrilling story of an unlikely American Jewish hero. At a time when some American Jews are distancing themselves from the Jewish state, this book is a powerful reminder of the deep roots connecting American Jewry and Israel.â€ â€“Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, author, Letters to My Palestinian NeighborÂ In 1948, Stan Andrews left a comfortable postwar life in Los Angeles to travel to the war-torn Middle East, where a four-front Arab invasion threatened to destroy the newly-declared State of Israel. There he joined the Israeli Air Force and became one of its first fighter pilots.Â Andrews was an unexpected volunteer for the fight for a Jewish state. He was many thingsâ€”an artist, writer, assimilated Jew, ladiesâ€™ man, pilot, and combat veteran of the Pacific War. He had previously been aloof from the struggle for Jewish independence but found himself so roused by the anti-Semitism of 1940s America that he decided to go to Israel and risk everything. Stan made the most of his time in Israel, serving in fighter and bomber squadrons and leaving his mark on an Israeli Air Force that has since become the stuff of legend.

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