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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820752303321

Autore

Shilon Avi

Titolo

Ben-Gurion : his later years in the political wilderness / / Avi Shilon ; translated by Naama Zohar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-4947-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

956.9405/2092

Soggetti

Prime ministers - Israel

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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Sommario/riassunto

This is the first in-depth account of the later years of David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Israel's first Prime Minister and founding father. One of the first to sign Israel's declaration of independence and a leading figure in Zionism, Ben-Gurion stepped down from office in 1963 and retired from political life in 1970, deeply disappointed about the path on which the state had embarked and the process that brought about the end of his political career. Based on his personal archives and new interviews with his intimate friends and family, the book reveals how the founding father explored the Israe