Menachem Begin [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Avi Shilon ; translated from the Hebrew by Danielle Zilberberg & Yoram Sharett

• Autore: Shilon Avi
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 545 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) ) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 956.9405/4092; B
• Soggetto topico: Revisionist Zionists - Israel; Prime ministers - Israel
• Soggetto geografico: Israel Politics and government 20th century
• Altri autori: ZilberbergDanielle SharettYoram
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Menachem 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Menachem Begin
• ISBN: 0-300-18903-6; 1-283-90645-7; 0-300-16235-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786138403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II