State at any cost: the life of David Ben-Gurion (Record no. 346289)

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International Standard Book Number 9780374112646
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Classification number 956.94052 SEG
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Personal name Segev, Tom
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Title State at any cost: the life of David Ben-Gurion
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Farrar, straus and giroux
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2019
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Extent 804 p.
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Summary, etc. As the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion long ago secured his reputation as a leading figure of the twentieth century. Determined from an early age to create a Jewish state, he thereupon took control of the Zionist movement, declared Israel’s independence, and navigated his country through wars, controversies and remarkable achievements. And yet Ben-Gurion remains an enigma―he could be driven and imperious, or quizzical and confounding.<br/><br/>In this definitive biography, Israel’s leading journalist-historian Tom Segev uses large amounts of previously unreleased archival material to give an original, nuanced account, transcending the myths and legends that have accreted around the man. Segev’s probing biography ranges from the villages of Poland to Manhattan libraries, London hotels, and the hills of Palestine, and shows us Ben-Gurion’s relentless activity across six decades. Along the way, Segev reveals for the first time Ben-Gurion’s secret negotiations with the British on the eve of Israel’s independence, his willingness to countenance the forced transfer of Arab neighbors, his relative indifference to Jerusalem, and his occasional “nutty moments”―from UFO sightings to plans for Israel to acquire territory in South America. Segev also reveals that Ben-Gurion first heard about the Holocaust from a Palestinian Arab acquaintance, and explores his tempestuous private life, including the testimony of four former lovers.<br/><br/>The result is a full and startling portrait of a man who sought a state “at any cost”―at times through risk-taking, violence, and unpredictability, and at other times through compromise, moderation, and reason. Segev’s Ben-Gurion is neither a saint nor a villain but rather a historical actor who belongs in the company of Lenin or Churchill―a twentieth-century leader whose iron will and complex temperament left a complex and contentious legacy that we still reckon with today.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Politics and government
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Personal name Watzman, Haim (Tr.)
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2022-04-13 3152.00 1 956.94052 SEG 164104 2022-08-26 2022-06-15 2022-04-13 Books

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