Ben-Gurion
Shimon Peres was in his early twenties when he first met David Ben-Gurion. Although the state that he would lead through war and peace had not yet declared its precarious independence, the “Old Man,” as he was called even then, was already a mythic figure. Peres, who came of age in the cabinets of Ben-Gurion, is uniquely placed to evoke this figure of stirring contradictions—a prophetic visionary and a canny pragmatist who early grasped the necessity of compromise for national survival. Ben-Gurion supported the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, though it meant surrendering a 2,000-year-old dream of Jewish settlement in the entire land of Israel. He granted the Orthodox their first exemptions from military service despite his own deep secular commitments. And he reached out to Germany in the aftermath of the Holocaust, knowing that Israel would need as many alliances as possible within the European community.
A protégé of Ben-Gurion and himself a legendary figure, Shimon Peres brings to his account the profound insight of a statesman who shares his mentor’s dream of a modern, democratic, Jewish nation-state that lives in peace and security alongside its Arab neighbors.
Hardcover : 240 pages
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Random House ( October 25, 2011 )
Item #: 13-460663
ISBN: 9780805242829
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 9.0 x 0.6inches
Product Weight: 13.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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