David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish renaissance / Shlomo Aronson ; translated by Naftali Greenwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aronson, Shlomo, 1936-

Standardized Title:

Daṿid Ben-Guryon. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973.

Ben-Gurion, David.

Labor Zionism--Israel--History--20th century.

Labor Zionism.

History.

Israel--Politics and government--1948-1967.

Israel.

Politics and government.

Israel--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xxii, 454 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

"This book offers a reappraisal of David Ben-Gurion's role in Jewish-Israeli history from the perspective of the twenty-first century, in the larger context of the Zionist "renaissance," of which he was a major and unique exponent. Some have described Ben-Gurion's Zionism as a dream that has gone sour, or a utopia doomed to be unfulfilled. Now - after the dust surrounding Israel's founding father has settled, archives have been opened, and perspective has been gained since Ben-Gurion's downfall - this book presents a fresh look at this statesman-intellectual and his success and tragic failures during a unique period of time that he and his peers described as the "Jewish renaissance." The resulting reappraisal offers a new analysis of Ben-Gurion's actual role as a major player in Israeli, Middle Eastern, and global politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The intellectual origins of Ben-Gurion's Zionism; 2. The Holocaust and its lessons; 3. Ben-Gurion between left and right; 4. Ben-Gurion and the Israel Defense Forces - from its formation to the Suez-Sinai campaign of 1956; 5. From the 1956 war to the 'Lavon Affair'; 6. From 'the Affair' to the Six-Day War; Conclusion: the waning of an age and its leader.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780521197489

0521197481

OCLC:

567162659

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