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The Life of Ariel Sharon
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
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From the former editor in chief of Haaretz, the first in-depth comprehensive biography of Ariel Sharon, the most important Israeli political and military leader of the last forty years.
The life of Ariel Sharon spans much of modern Israel's history: A commander in the Israeli Army from its inception in 1948, Sharon participated in the 1948 War of Independence, and played decisive roles in the 1956 Suez War and the six day War of 1967, and most dramatically is largely credited with the shift in the outcome of the Yom Kippur War of 1973. After returning from the army in 1982, Sharon became a political leader and served in numerous governments, most prominently as the defense minister during the 1983 Lebanon War in which he bore "personal responsibility" according to the Kahan Commission for massacres of Palestinian civilians by Lebanese militia, and he championed the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. But as prime minister he performed a dramatic reversal: orchestrating Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Landau brilliantly chronicles and analyzes his surprising about-face. Sharon suffered a stroke in January 2006 and remains in a persistent vegetative state. Considered by many to be Israel's greatest military leader and political statesman, this biography recounts his life and shows how this leadership transformed Israel, and how Sharon's views were shaped by the changing nature of Israeli society.
The life of Ariel Sharon spans much of modern Israel's history: A commander in the Israeli Army from its inception in 1948, Sharon participated in the 1948 War of Independence, and played decisive roles in the 1956 Suez War and the six day War of 1967, and most dramatically is largely credited with the shift in the outcome of the Yom Kippur War of 1973. After returning from the army in 1982, Sharon became a political leader and served in numerous governments, most prominently as the defense minister during the 1983 Lebanon War in which he bore "personal responsibility" according to the Kahan Commission for massacres of Palestinian civilians by Lebanese militia, and he championed the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. But as prime minister he performed a dramatic reversal: orchestrating Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Landau brilliantly chronicles and analyzes his surprising about-face. Sharon suffered a stroke in January 2006 and remains in a persistent vegetative state. Considered by many to be Israel's greatest military leader and political statesman, this biography recounts his life and shows how this leadership transformed Israel, and how Sharon's views were shaped by the changing nature of Israeli society.
Contents:
Preface: Land of Hope -- Poor Little Fat Boy -- Probationer -- October 6, Yom Kippur -- Advise and Dissent -- His Will Be Done -- Through the Mire -- On The Farm -- Wars Old and New -- Jordan is Palestine? -- Backwoodsman -- Last Man Standing -- Summit -- Power Failure -- King of Israel -- About Turn -- Island in the Sun -- "You Worry Too Much" -- To Sleep, Too Soon.
Subjects:
Sharon, Ariel.
Prime ministers -- Israel -- Biography.
Generals -- Israel -- Biography.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Israel -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Israel -- Biography.
Sharon, Ariel.
Prime ministers -- Israel -- Biography.
Generals -- Israel -- Biography.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Israel -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Israel -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780385351096
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