The Hope is a 1993 historical novel by Herman Wouk about pivotal events in the history of the State of Israel from 1948 to 1967. These include the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the 1956 Sinai War (known in Israel as "Operation Kadesh"), and the Six-Day War. The narrative is continued in the sequel The Glory.In a loose way it can be considered a sequel to Wouk's Second World War books - The Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Though the characters are different, the earlier books gave a major part to the Holocaust and several to their Jewish characters drew Zionist conclusions and sought to get to Mandatory Palestine and take part in creating a Jewish state there. The earlier books - like The Hope and The Glory - used the same mixture of fictional and historical characters whose lives are interweaving against the background of war. Source: Wikipedia (en)