Bibi : the turbulent life and times of Benjamin Netanyahu / Anshel Pfeffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pfeffer, Anshel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Netanyahu, Binyamin.

Prime ministers--Israel--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Israel.

Israel--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 423 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Basic Books, 2018.

Summary:

Presents a candid account of the prime minister's rise to power, focusing on his consolidation of Zionist fringe politics to gain a long-lasting foothold in Israeli government and examining his enduring influence on the region. -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Prologue: Netanyahu's Israel

1. Frustrated lovers of Zion 1879-1948. An orator of the highest grace ; Propaganda, propaganda, and propaganda ; On the sidelines of history ; The end of the great Zionist dream

2. Outsiders in the new State 1949-1976. Life within sharp borders ; A terrible dislocation ; American Ben, Israeli Bibi ; You have to kill Arabs ; I've reached my target ; Trying to save the state

3. Breaking the elite 1976-1996. Stop the world! ; Why aren't you in uniform? ; Prime minister in ten years' time ; If he had a sense of humor, he'd be a 10 ; Prime minister? of course not ; A crime unprecedented in the history of democracy ; A political failure? ; Rabin is "not a traitor" ; Good for the Jews

4. Israel's serial bungler 1996-2009. The bedrock of our existence ; Dragged to Wye ; They. Are. Afraid ; A concerned citizen ; My own media ; Threats are what work

5. Stuck on top 2009-2018. A new pragmatic Bibi? ; Your father wrote history, you are making history ; The Arab voters are moving in droves ; A bad mistake of historic proportions ; Nothing will happen, because nothing happened

Epilogue: Netanyahu's Israel at seventy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780465097821

0465097820

OCLC:

1003305923