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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459898203321

Autore

Miller Anita <1926->

Titolo

Sharon : Israel's warrior-politician / / Anita Miller, Jordan Miller & Sigalit Zetouni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Academy Chicago Publishers & Olive Publishing, , 2002

ISBN

1-61373-339-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (680 p.)

Disciplina

956.9405/4/092

B

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Israel

Generals - Israel

Electronic books.

Israel Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-591) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Early Years; Chapter 2. The Formation of Unit 101; Chapter 3. The Attack on Kibeyeh; Chapter 4. Unit 101 & the Paratroopers; Chapter 5. The Gibli Affair; Chapter 6. The Gaza Raid; Chapter 7. Kuntilla; Chapter 8. Qualquilya; Chapter 9. The Sinai Campaign: Mitla Pass; Chapter 10. Change of Pace; Chapter 11. The Six-Day War; Chapter 12. A New Reality; Chapter 13. The War of Attrition; Chapter 14. Fighting Terror; Chapter 15. Whoop'd Out; Chapter 16. The Yom Kippur War; Chapter 17· Politics

Chapter 18. Post-War TurbulenceChapter 19. Ground Control; Chapter 20. Parachuting from Shlomzion; Chapter 21. The Settlements; Chapter 22. Attempts at Peace With Egypt; Chapter 23. The Road to Peace; Chapter 24. Hot Farm; Chapter 25· Lebanon; Chapter 26. After the Massacre; Chapter 27. A Time of Trial; Chapter 28. Lebanon Continued; Chapter 29. The First Intifada; Chapter 30. Peace Conferences & Terror; Chapter 31. Challenges, 1994 & 1995; Chapter 32. Assassination; Chapter 33. Political Shift 1996; Chapter 34. Juggling for Power; Photographs between pages 180-181 and 346-347.



Chapter 35. Litigation AgainChapter 36. Loose Cannon; Chapter 37. The Wye Conference: 1998; Chapter 38. After Wye; Chapter 39. Failing Coalition, Failing Peace; Chapter 40. Foreign Affairs; Chapter 41. The End of an Era; Chapter 42. Politics 1999; Chapter 43. End of the Campaign; Chapter 44. Party Leader; Chapter 45. Immutable Positions; Chapter 46. Lily; Chapter 47. Family Matters; Chapter 48. Lebanon & Politics; Chapter 49. Camp David; Chapter 50. Barak at Bay; Chapter 51. AI-Aqsa Intifada; Chapter 52. Political Maneuvers; Chapter 53. Clinton's Last Try; Chapter 54. On the Campaign Trail

Chapter 55. Election 2001: ""Only Sharon Can Bring Peace""Chapter 56. Victory; Chapter 57. Post-Election; Chapter 58. Building a Coalition; Chapter 59. Blockade; Chapter 60. Dark Tunnel; Chapter 61. Days of Rage; Chapter 62. Strikes & Counter-Strikes; Chapter 63. Actions & No Decisions; Chapter 64. Mitchell ""Cotton Candy""; Chapter 65. ""A Very Delicate Situation""; Chapter 66. Good Cop Bad Cop; Chapter 67. ""How Much Longer?""; Chapter 68. The Dolphinarium; Chapter 69. Strained Restraint; Chapter 70. Sabra & Shatilla Again: Belgium & the BBC; Chapter 71. Change of Image?

Chapter 72. A Rising TideChapter 73. The Silence of Death; Chapter 74. Durban & Moscow; Chapter 75. Day of Mourning; Chapter 76. A Straw in the Wind; Chapter 77. October Uproar; Chapter 78. Zeevi; Chapter 79. Zinni's Days; Chapter 80. The Prisoner of Ramallah; Chapter 81. ""A Factory of Lies"": The Karine A; Chapter 82. Fits & Starts; Chapter 83. Reconsidered Strategy: Operation Defensive Shield; Chapter 84. Reversal of Fortune; Notes; Works Consulted; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ariel Sharon, Israel's former Prime Minister, was perhaps one of the most controversial public figures in the Mideast.He was born in 1928 in a moshav-an agricultural community in which, unlike a kibbutz, residents own their own property-and was raised by parents who were not only ardent Zionists but also rugged individualists. His father especially was contemptuous of socialism and believed in individual enterprise, raising his son to be self-reliant and physically strong in order to prepare him for the inevitable struggle to establish a Jewish state.Sharon was perhaps best known as the organi