Ben-Gurion - His Later Years in the Political Wilderness

This is the first in-depth account of the later years of David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Israel's first Prime Minister and founding father. Based on his personal archives and interviews with his intimate friends and family, the book provides an examination of the decisive moments in the annals of Zionism through the lens of Ben-Gurion's world view.

List of contents

Part I
Chapter 1: Last Dance
Chapter 2: By all Means
Chapter 3: Grief of Victory
Chapter 4: My Way

Part II
Chapter 5: Back to the Shed
Chapter 6: A man of one Trade
Chapter 7: Vision, Leadership, Path
Chapter 8: Memorandum
Chapter 9: Eternal salvation
Chapter 10: Confessions
Chapter 11: Farewell

About the author

Avi Shilon is a historian and journalist, whose articles have been published in all of Israel's major newspapers: Ma'ariv, Globes, Israel Hayom. He currently writes a weekly column in Ha'aretz.

Summary

This is the first in-depth account of the later years of David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), Israel’s first Prime Minister and founding father. Based on his personal archives and interviews with his intimate friends and family, the book provides an examination of the decisive moments in the annals of Zionism through the lens of Ben-Gurion’s world view.

Product details

• Authors: Avi Shilon, Shilon Avi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2016
• EAN: 9781442249462
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4946-2
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Israel, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Nationalism, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Middle Eastern history, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)