Ben-Gurion a political life

Peres, Shimon 1923- (Author). Landau, David, 1947- (Added Author).

Summary: A portrait of Israel's first prime minister covers his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military servicepeople, and his peaceful overtures toward post-Holocaust Germany.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307906892 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0307906892 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (223 p., [12] p. of plates) : ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Nextbook/Schocken, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Beginnings -- Young Turk -- Union boss -- Onward and upward -- What could he do? -- Fateful hour -- Birth pangs -- Settling in -- Jewish people, Jewish policy -- A nation among nations -- Defense of the realm -- Soured fruits -- Tomb of the patriarch.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.