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Arik : the life of Ariel Sharon / David Landau.
LIBRA DS126.6.S42 L36 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landau, David, 1947-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sharon, Ariel.
- Prime ministers--Israel--Biography.
- Prime ministers.
- History, Military.
- Israel.
- Generals--Israel--Biography.
- Generals.
- Israel--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Israel--History, Military--20th century.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Israel--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 635 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
- Summary:
- A portrait of the Israeli political and military leader evaluates his decisive roles in major historical events throughout the past four decades while analyzing the dramatic reversal that marked his decisions as prime minister.
- Contents:
- Preface: Land of Hope
- Poor Little Fat Boy
- Probationer
- Desert Storm
- Advise and Dissent
- His Will Be Done
- Through the Mire
- On The Farm
- Wars Old and New
- Jordan is Palestine?
- Backwoodsman
- Last Man Standing
- Summit
- Power Failure
- King of Israel
- About Face
- Island in the Sun
- "You Worry Too Much"
- To Sleep, Too Soon.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-598) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781400042418
- 1400042410
- OCLC:
- 823860704
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