Jabotinsky: a life
Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was a man of huge paradoxes and contradictions and has been the most misunderstood of all Zionist politicians--a first-rate novelist, a celebrated Russian journalist, and the founder of the branch of Zionism now headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. This biography, the first in English in nearly two decades, undertakes to answer central questions about Jabotinsky as a writer, a political thinker, and a leader. Hillel Halkin sets aside the stereotypes to which Jabotinsky …
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- Full title :Jabotinsky : a life / Hillel Halkin.
Summary
Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was a man of huge paradoxes and contradictions and has been the most misunderstood of all Zionist politicians--a first-rate novelist, a celebrated Russian journalist, and the founder of the branch of Zionism now headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. This biography, the first in English in nearly two decades, undertakes to answer central questions about Jabotinsky as a writer, a political thinker, and a leader. Hillel Halkin sets aside the stereotypes to which Jabotinsky has been reduced by his would-be followers and detractors alike. Halkin explains the importance of Odessa, Jabotinsky's native city, in molding his character and outlook; discusses his novels and short stories, showing the sometimes hidden connections between them and Jabotinsky's political thought, and studies a political career that ended in tragic failure. Halkin also addresses Jabotinsky's position, unique among the great figures of Zionist history, as both a territorial maximalist and a principled believer in democracy. The author inquires why Jabotinsky was often accused of fascist tendencies though he abhorred authoritarian and totalitarian politics, and investigates the many opposed aspects of his personality and conduct while asking whether or not they had an ultimate coherence. Few figures in twentieth-century Jewish life were quite so admired and loathed, and Halkin's splendid, subtle book explores him with empathy and lucidity.
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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven [Connecticut]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (257 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300210019, 0300210019, 1306715237, 9781306715232
- oclc:ocn882258719
- LC Classification:DS151.Z5
- Dewey Decimal:320.54095694092
Table of Contents
The young Jabotinsky -- Jabotinsky the Zionist -- Between Palestine and Europe -- Racing the clock.
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