Hope and the Glory

An epic of Israel from its founding to the Six-Day War by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author: "Full of excitement." -Entertainment Weekly From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Winds of War and The Caine Mutiny, this saga spans from 1948 to 1967, the early decades of the state of Israel as it struggles for its life, outmatched and surrounded by enemies-the first of the two-part epic that concludes with The Glory.   Zev Barak, Sam Pasternak, Don Kishote, and Benny Luria are all officers in the Israeli army caught up in the sweep of history, fighting the desperate desert skirmishes and meeting the larger-than-life personalities that shaped Israel's fight for independence. The four heroes and the women they love weave a compelling tapestry of individual destinies through a grand recounting of one nation's battle against the odds. "Much of the dialogue is witty; the descriptions of back-channel diplomacy between the United States and Israel are fascinating and convincing." -The New York Times Book Review "Solid historical research . . . fictional characters of Wouk's own invention rub shoulders with real-life historical figures like David Ben Gurion {and} Moshe Dayan." -The Christian Science Monitor "Rich and satisfying . . . deftly portrays the human face of inhuman conflict." -The Plain Dealer "An engrossing and often moving tale." -Publishers Weekly

New York Times Bestseller: "A sprawling action-packed novel" of Israel by the author of The Hope (The Philadelphia Inquirer). This follow-up to The Hope plunges immediately into the violence and upheaval of the Six-Day War of 1967 and continues the stories of its multiple characters and of Israel's dramatic struggle for survival across the years. The Glory takes readers through the terrors of the Yom Kippur War, the famous Entebbe operation, and the airstrikes on Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor-and ending with a final hope for peace. Illuminating the inner lives of real Israeli leaders-including David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, and Ariel Sharon-the Pulitzer Prize–winning "master of the historical novel" tells the chronicle of Israel's fight to exist with a compelling sense of both the broad significance of this time in history and its personal impact on those who lived through it (Los Angeles Times). "A genuinely enjoyable read." -The Detroit News "A top-notch storyteller." -Time