LEADER 03936nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910786138403321 005 20230801230351.0 010 $a0-300-18903-6 010 $a1-283-90645-7 010 $a0-300-16235-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300189032 035 $a(CKB)2670000000334013 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0021143842 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783752 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11435692 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783752 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10760356 035 $a(PQKB)11356450 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158022 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421086 035 $a(DE-B1597)485849 035 $a(OCoLC)45357544 035 $a(OCoLC)46810232 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300189032 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000334013 100 $a20120323d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMenachem Begin$b[electronic resource] $ea life /$fAvi Shilon ; translated from the Hebrew by Danielle Zilberberg & Yoram Sharett 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 545 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) )$cillustrations (black and white) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPolitical 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. 330 $aMenachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. And yet, in 1979 he signed a groundbreaking peace treaty with Egypt for which he and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Such a contradiction was typical in Begin's life: no other Israeli played as many different, sometimes conflicting, roles as Begin, and no other figure inspired such sharply opposing responses. Begin was belittled and beloved, revered and despised, and his career was punctuated by exhilarating highs on the one hand, despair and ostracism on the other. This riveting biography is the first to provide a satisfactory answer to the question, Who was Begin? Based on wide-ranging research among archival documents and on testimonials and interviews with Begin's closest advisers, the book presents a detailed new portrait of the founding leader. Among the many topics the book holds up to new light are Begin's antagonistic relationship with David Ben-Gurion, his controversial role in the 1982 Lebanon War, his unique leadership style, the changes in his ideology over the years, and the mystery behind the total silence he maintained at the end of his career. Through Begin's remarkable life, the book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today. 606 $aRevisionist Zionists$zIsrael$vBiography 606 $aPrime ministers$zIsrael$vBiography 607 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government$y20th century 615 0$aRevisionist Zionists 615 0$aPrime ministers 676 $a956.9405/4092 676 $aB 700 $aShilon$b Avi$01537487 701 $aZilberberg$b Danielle$01537488 701 $aSharett$b Yoram$01537489 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786138403321 996 $aMenachem Begin$93786807 997 $aUNINA