Ben-Gurion : father of modern Israel / Anita Shapira ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shapira, Anita.

Contributor:

Berris, Anthony, translator.

Series:

Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)

Jewish lives

Standardized Title:

בן גוריון : דמותו של מנהיג. אנגלית

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973.

Ben-Gurion, David.

Prime ministers--Israel--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Israel.

Ben Gurion, David, 1886-1973.

Local Subjects:

Ben Gurion, David, 1886-1973.

Genre:

Biographies.

Narrative non-fiction.

Physical Description:

ix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

David Ben-Gurion cast a great shadow during his lifetime, and his legacy continues to be sharply debated to this day. There have been many books written about the life and accomplishments of the Zionist icon and founder of modern Israel, but this new biography by eminent Israeli historian Anita Shapira strives to get to the core of the complex man who would become the face of the new Jewish nation. Shapira tells the Ben-Gurion story anew, focusing especially on the period after 1948, during the first years of statehood. As a result of her extensive research and singular access to Ben-Gurion's personal archives, the author provides fascinating and original insights into his personal qualities and those that defined his political leadership. - Amazon.

Contents:

1. Plonsk

2. I found the homeland landscape

3. Exile and return

4. Labor leader

5. From labor leader to national leader

6. Days of hope, days of despair

7. On the verge of statehood

8. We hereby declare ...

9. Helmsman of the state

10. Ben-Gurion against Ben-Gurion

11. Decline.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Book of the Year, Winner, 2014 (for Jewish Lives series)

ISBN:

9780300180459

0300180454

OCLC:

877851975