Tony Malkin a retired colonel in the Parachute Regiment is giving proceeds from his new book about Israel’s military history to HighGround.

Tony Malkin was a Senior Security consultant contracted by the Ministry of Defence (UK) to establish a Leadership Academy based on the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for the Palestinian Security Forces on behalf of the United States State Department.

A retired Colonel in the Parachute Regiment, he has extensive operational experience throughout the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland and 2 years in the Dhofar War in Oman in the  70’s.

On retirement from the British Army in 2007 he was appointed as a Security Advisor to McKinsey in Dubai.

Living in Salisbury, he now spends his time on conservation projects for Natural England and the RSPB in the New Forest. In addition, and before the arrival of COVID -19, he delivered presentations on his book and the Middle East in general on cruise liners.

Books – costing £10 plus £3 for UK package and posting – can be ordered through Riverside Publishing Solutions or should you want a signed book, then e mail Tony direct at: anthonymalkin@yahoo.co.uk

THE TORTUOUS BIRTH OF A NATION – ISRAEL’S MILITARY HISTORY – A SELF GUIDING TOUR BOOK

The book is a compilation of several battlefield tour presentations which cover the greater part of the country and span the past 103 years of the Arab / Israeli conflict in the Holy Land. The book covers also the first involvement of the international community in the affairs of modern day Israel – namely the Crusaders.

Starting with General Allenby’s remarkable success in capturing Gaza and subsequently Jerusalem in December 1917, the tour takes the traveler to the Latrun Peninsula situated between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. This strategic piece of ground was held from 1948 (Israel’s Independence) until the Six Day War in 1967 and evidence of Jordanian defence positions remain to this day.

In order to give some balance to the contentious issue of who owns the Holy Land, I have included the less well known Battle of Karameh in 1968 and used that as a vehicle to try to explain the Palestinian / Arab position. By covering the Yom Kippur War of 1973, the tour takes the traveler to the Golan Heights with views into Syria. Israeli incursions into Lebanon from 1982 -2006 are discussed in the final chapter.