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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. ZICRON-JACOB

II. PRESSED INTO THE SERVICE

III. THE GERMAN PROPAGANDA

IV. ROAD-MAKING AND DISCHARGE

V. THE HIDDEN ARMS

VI. THE SUEZ CAMPAIGN

VII. FIGHTING THE LOCUSTS

VIII. THE LEBANON

IX. A ROBBER BARON OF PALESTINE