Menachem Begin [electronic resource] : a life / Avi Shilon ; translated from the Hebrew by Danielle Zilberberg & Yoram Sharett.
2012
DS126.6.B33 S5413 2012eb
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Menachem Begin [electronic resource] : a life / Avi Shilon ; translated from the Hebrew by Danielle Zilberberg & Yoram Sharett.
Author
Shilon, Avi.
Uniform Title
Begin. English
ISBN
9780300189032 (electronic book)
9780300162356
9780300162356
Publication Details
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 545 p., [24] p. of plates) : ill., ports.
Call Number
DS126.6.B33 S5413 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
956.9405/4092 B
Summary
Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. Through Begin's remarkable life, this book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today.
Note
"Originally published in Hebrew as Begin, 1913-1992 by Am Oved Publishers Ltd 2007."
Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. Through Begin's remarkable life, this book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today.
Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. Through Begin's remarkable life, this book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Zilberberg, Danielle.
Sharett, Yoram.
Sharett, Yoram.
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Table of Contents
Political talent
A commander's getaway
Going underground
Declaration of rebellion
A bomb in the heart of the empire
Jubilation and disappointment
Rejected and outcast
Be killed but do not transgress
Buds of legitimacy
The breakthrough
Once more a rebel
Against expectations
God, you have chosen us to rule
No more war
Deterioration
The Begin doctrine
King of israel
There will be not a single katyusha
The downfall
Self-flagellation
Sharon was afraid of me
Epilogue.
A commander's getaway
Going underground
Declaration of rebellion
A bomb in the heart of the empire
Jubilation and disappointment
Rejected and outcast
Be killed but do not transgress
Buds of legitimacy
The breakthrough
Once more a rebel
Against expectations
God, you have chosen us to rule
No more war
Deterioration
The Begin doctrine
King of israel
There will be not a single katyusha
The downfall
Self-flagellation
Sharon was afraid of me
Epilogue.