Billy's War is a historical novel set in Palestine during the final years of the British Mandate 1945 to 48. It is a reflection of historical events in a dramatic period told through the mouth of an ordinary British soldier who was there.

The talk covers the history of the region including the dispersal of the Jewish peoples, roles of the Balfour Declaration and Lawrence of Arabia, before moving onto the terrorist actions in the Night of the Bridges the Operation Agatha, the bombing of the King David hotel as well as other Zionist activities. There are discussions of British and American roles in the UN partition plans and resolutions It concludes in May 1948 with the War of Independence/ Nakba.

Both Arab and Zionist viewpoints are represented in the novel with powerfully drawn personalities, notably Hetty Borowska who demonstrates the connections with American Zionists.