Bibliograph

A state at any cost, the life of David Ben-Gurion, Tom Segev ; translated from the Hebrew by Haim Watzman

Type

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A state at any cost, the life of David Ben-Gurion, Tom Segev ; translated from the Hebrew by Haim Watzman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 753-770) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A state at any cost

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089258254

Responsibility statement

Tom Segev ; translated from the Hebrew by Haim Watzman

Sub title

the life of David Ben-Gurion

Summary

The definitive and newsworthy biography of Israel's founder and longest-serving prime minister

Table Of Contents

The road to power -- The vow -- Scroll of fire -- Birds -- Foreign labor -- Sejera -- Deportation -- New world -- Authority -- Scandals -- Unification -- Conversations -- Winds of war -- Zionist alertness -- Holocaust and schism -- The limits of power -- Maps -- Partition -- War -- New Israelis -- Anxieties -- The nasty business -- The second round -- Yes to the old man -- The lavon affair -- Twilight -- Another kind of Jew

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