Menachem Begin: a life

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Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. Through Begin's remarkable life, this book also recounts the history of the right-wing segment of Israeli society, a story essential to understanding the Israel of today.

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Full title :Menachem Begin : a life / Avi Shilon ; translated from the Hebrew by Danielle Zilberberg and Yoram Sharett.

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Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 545 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780300189032, 0300189036
oclc:ocn822890103
LC Classification:DS126.6.B33
Dewey Decimal:956.9405/4092

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.

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Begin, Menachem Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political HISTORY -- Middle East Israel Israel -- Politics and government -- 20… Israël -- Politique et gouvernement -- … Politics and government Premiers ministres -- Biographies. -- I… Prime ministers Prime ministers -- Biography. -- Israel Revisionist Zionists Revisionist Zionists -- Biography. -- I… Sionistes révisionnistes -- Biographies…