In February 1944, the underground Irgun Zvai Leumi (Etzel) did something no other Jewish group had done since the Bar Kochba revolt 1,800 years earlier: it rebelled against local rulers to liberate the Land of Israel. What motivated this unprecedented act of defiance? How did the Irgun’s members overcome opposition from both British authorities and many fellow Zionists? Were they freedom fighters, as they declared, or terrorists, as depicted by their opponents? We’ll explore these questions through the fascinating memoir of their leader, Menachem Begin’s The Revolt.