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In Defense of Israel : A Memoir of a Political Life / Moshe Arens.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arens, Moshe, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arens, Moshe--Diaries.
- Arens, Moshe.
- Statesmen.
- Politics and government.
- Aeronautical engineers.
- Statesmen--Israel--Biography.
- Aeronautical engineers--Israel--Biography.
- Israel.
- Israel--Politics and government--20th century.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2018.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- The revealing memoir of one of Israeli's most respected statesmen. Moshe Arens is one of the last surviving members of the founding generation of Israelis. He is a political insider who has worked with every Israeli prime minister from Menachem Begin to Benjamin Netanyahu, serving in a variety of important positions, including foreign minister and defense minister. He has also enjoyed an exceptionally close life-long relationship with the United States: he attended high school in New York and colleges in Massachusetts and California, married an American, and served as Israel's ambassador to the United States. In this memoir, Arens recounts his early role in the birth of Israel and developing Israel's aerospace industry, followed by a long and distinguished political career that included service at the very top of Israel's government for the better part of three decades. Arens advocated relentlessly throughout his political career for his vision of an Israel strong enough to withstand all challenges in its volatile neighborhood. In Defense of Israel vividly recounts the many battles Arens fought in the political arena, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. The latter included his strong opposition to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank-an action that led to the takeover of Gaza by Hamas. Anyone interested in Israel's place within the contemporary Middle East, including Israel's relationship with the United States, will find this memoir informative, even eye-opening, and often provocative.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- escription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 0-8157-5342-X
- 0-8157-3142-6
- OCLC:
- 1019657588
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