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Fascinating saga from a hero of Israel's "Greatest Generation"
A hundred years from now, the life-stories of men like Uzi Eilam and the great champions of his generation will read like the tales of Joshua and Gideon and David. In a novel or drama, a character's "arc" is the trajectory of his evolution as he confronts obstacles, makes choices, and achieves (or fails to achieve) his destiny and emancipation. Uzi Eilam's arc is the arc of the Jewish people in the twentieth-century. From the flight of his grandparents from pogroms in the Ukraine through his own command of a paratroop battalion in the Six Day War to his central role in assisting at the birth of the high-tech powerhouse that Israel has become today, "Eilam's Arc" parallels the past, present and future of the nation of Israel and her people. The world needs to read this story now.
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September 24, 2011
(Los Angeles, CA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5
A story of succsess in technology development
Uzi Eilam's book is an autobiography, containing personal and historical notes, it also describes Israel's path to advanced military technology. Uzi Eilam's life is tightly knitted with Israel's military technology developments.The book is a story of a person and a country. Eilam tells his and Israel's story in a frankly manner. He explicitly and openly makes critics of people and events on his side.There are many anecdotes about bureaucratic processes in the Israel General Staff and Ministry of Defense. These will interest readers that are interested in Military history, strategy and decision making in the technology domain.Uzi Eilam does not reveal any major state secret of Israel. Yet a lot could be learned from this book about Israel's weapons capabilities.The book is great for those who are interested in history and in Military Technology. It sheds light on untold stories of international cooperation between countries. Above all it is a...
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March 27, 2012
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
A thrilling autobiography with a strong doze of managerial know-how
Uzi Eilam's book is an autobiography, containing personal and historical notes, it also describes Israel's path to advanced military technology. Uzi Eilam's life is tightly knitted with Israel's military technology developments.The book tells Eilam's and Israel's story in a frankly manner. Uzi eilam explicitly and openly makes critics of people and events on his side. There are also intriguing anecdotes about bureaucratic processes in the Israel General Staff and Ministry of Defense. This autobiography reads like a thriller with a strong dose of managerial know-how. Uzi Eilam does not reveal any state secret of Israel, so one should not expect to find answers to some rumors about Israel's weapons or capabilities.Yet his opposing the decision of P.M. Begin to bomb the Osiraq Nuclear reactor near Bagdad on 1981 reveals the behind the curtain process in arriving at the final decision. One cannot help thinking of the latest developments in Iran on its way to become a Nuclear Power...
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February 26, 2012
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Product Description
Eilam's Arc reveals the inside story on how Israel became a military technology powerhouse within a period of less than two generations. The book blends the broad view of an individual who led the creation of incredibly far-sighted research and development programs with intimate portraits of the main players in a complex strategy that spans continents, corporations, and armies. More than any other account, it explains how a very small country was able to make a concentrated use of its limited assets with astute leverage of international relationships, while at the same time creating the backbone of Israeli civilian technology industries. Brigadier General Uzi Eilam was born and raised in a deeply socialist kibbutz where science and learning were scorned as useless and effete. His is the journey that an entire country, made from devising a better spade to creating an internationally competitive space program. During this journey, Eilam learned step-by-step how to manage the complex relationship with the United States, which he says was willing to supply Israel with high technology only if it knew that Israel was well on its way to developing its own version of the same technology. Eilam's Arc will be of interest not only to military historians, but also to those who have an interest in innovation and innovation policy. Israeli innovation policies, both civilian and military, have a proven track record of success, and Uzi Eilam explains how governments can nurture, stimulate, and lead individuals, corporations, and foreign partners towards a desired goal. Top to learn more
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