Golda

Informationen zum Autor Elinor Burkett has worked as a newspaper reporter, university professor, and magazine writer. A Pulitzer Prize—nominated journalist and the author of eight previous books, she divides her time between the Catskill Mountains of New York and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Klappentext Golda Meir was the first female head of state in the Western world and one of the most influential women in modern history. A blend of Emma Goldman and Martin Luther King Jr. in the guise of a cookie-serving grandmother, her uncompromising devotion to shaping and defending a Jewish homeland against dogged enemies and skittish allies stunned political contemporaries and transformed Middle Eastern politics for decades to follow. She outmaneuvered Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger at their own game of Realpolitik, and led Israel through a bloody war even as she eloquently pleaded for peace, carrying her nation through its most perilous hours while she herself battled cancer. In this masterful biography, critically acclaimed author Elinor Burkett paints a vivid portrait of a legendary woman defined by contradictions: an iron resolve coupled with magnetic charm, a kindly demeanor that disguised a stunning hard-heartedness, and a complete dedication to her country that often overwhelmed her personal relationships. Zusammenfassung Golda Meir was the first female head of state in the Western world and one of the most influential women in modern history. A blend of Emma Goldman and Martin Luther King Jr. in the guise of a cookie-serving grandmother! her uncompromising devotion to shaping and defending a Jewish homeland against dogged enemies and skittish allies stunned political contemporaries and transformed Middle Eastern politics for decades to follow. She outmaneuvered Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger at their own game of Realpolitik! and led Israel through a bloody war even as she eloquently pleaded for peace! carrying her nation through its most perilous hours while she herself battled cancer. In this masterful biography! critically acclaimed author Elinor Burkett paints a vivid portrait of a legendary woman defined by contradictions: an iron resolve coupled with magnetic charm! a kindly demeanor that disguised a stunning hard-heartedness! and a complete dedication to her country that often overwhelmed her personal relationships. ...

Product details

• Authors: Elinor Burkett, Burkett Elinor
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780060786663
• ISBN: 978-0-06-078666-3
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Science: general issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Memoirs, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, HISTORY / Women, History of Science, History of the Americas, The Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Middle East / Israel & Palestine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, SCIENCE: Essays, HISTORY: Jewish, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), WOMEN'S STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIO, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Jewish, Women's Studies / Memoir & Bio