Likud leaders : the lives and careers of Menahem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Ariel Sharon / Thomas G. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Thomas G., 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Likud (Political party : Israel).

Statesmen--Israel--Biography.

Statesmen.

Prime ministers--Israel--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Israel--History.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an exploration of the history and ideology of Revisionist Zionism--the stream of Zionism represented by the ruling Likud Party in Israel--from its inception in the 1920s under Vladimir Ze'ev Jabotinsky through its modification under Herut Party leader Menahem Begin to the present. The main features of Revisionist Zionism under Jabotinsky are discussed, with each of the four Likud Party leaders receiving two to three chapters covering his early life, early career and rise to party leadership and his legacy for the party and the state. An overview is given of the 1940s underground c

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; One. The Founder-Vladimir "Zeev" Jabotinsky- and the Creation of Revisionist Zionism; Two. Menahem Begin, Underground Commander; Three. A Party Is Born and Grows: From Herut to the Likud; Four. Begin in Power, 1977-1983; Five. Yitzhak Shamir's Preparation; Six. Prime Minister Shamir: The Great Procrastinator; Seven. Sharon: A General for the Likud; Eight. Netanyahu: King of the Princes; Nine. "You will get him as prime minister": Sharon as Prime Minister; Ten. Bibi Melekh Israel (King of Israel); Eleven. The Future of the Likud

Chapter NotesBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1985-9