Begin : his life, words and deeds / Zvi Harry Hurwitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurwitz, Harry Zvi, 1924-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992.

Begin, Menachem.

Prime ministers--Israel--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Revisionist Zionists.

Israel.

Revisionist Zionists--Israel--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Gefen, 2004.

Summary:

Written by former Israeli Prime Minister Begin's Adviser on World Jewry and former Minister of Information at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, this political hagiography of Begin relies extensively on Begin's own words in addresses to the Knesset, statements, announcements, and conversations with the author. The work follows Begin's life from his early involvement in the Zionist movement in Warsaw, Poland, through his imprisonment in Russia, his command of the Irgun fighting the British in Palestine, his long career in Israeli politics, to his death in 1992. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 The Wheel of History 1

2 Prisoner in Russia 5

3 Commander in Chief 11

4 Victory 18

5 A Man of Faith 29

6 "Ze'ev Jabotinsky: What Did We Learn From Him?" 41

7 Jabotinsky Knew 51

8 Uphill Struggle 54

9 Wiedergutmachung 58

10 Warding off Aggression 63

11 The Six-Day War 68

12 The Yom Kippur War 78

13 Soviet Jewry 81

14 Earthquake 85

15 The Man 96

16 Maps for President Carter 101

17 A New Style of Leadership 108

18 Leader of the Nation 120

19 At the Right Time 127

20 Face-to-Face with Sadat 131

21 The Vision of Eternal Peace 140

22 Nobel Laureate 157

23 Troubled Times 166

24 Loss of a Friend 175

25 Is Israel a Banana Republic? 179

26 Peace for Galilee 190

27 Slander 209

28 Crushing Blow 223

29 "I Cannot Go On" 228

31 Behind Begin's Resignation 245

32 Political Testament 257

33 End of an Era 262

34 "We Need Him Now" 269.

ISBN:

9652293245

OCLC:

56957494