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OverviewIn 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 Ben-Gurion. 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. 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. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tom Segev , Paul Boehmer , Haim Watzman , Haim WatzmanPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio Edition: Library Edition ISBN: 9781665205764ISBN 10: 1665205768 Publication Date: 19 November 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAs Israel's citizens become increasingly interested in the ideals that first guided it and the roots of problems that still confound it, a controversial historian offers a timely look at the education and career of the country's first prime minister, who embodied his nation's complicated beginnings. -- New York Times Book Review Deploying exhaustive research, which included access to previously unavailable archival material, Segev unearths a man of contradictions...What Segev's deft unfolding of the trajectory of Ben-Gurion's life makes clear is that his legacy is Israel itself. -- Washington Post Unlike Ben-Gurion's previous biographers, even the best of whom found it impossible not to stray at times in to hagiography, Segev is unsparing in his depiction of the less appealing sides of his private and political personalities. He also convincingly and meticulously builds the case for Ben-Gurion as a visionary leader, efficient organizer, and persuasive advocate without whose efforts Israel, as an independent and sovereign state, may never have come into being. -- The Times (London) Author InformationTom Segev is among Israel's leading journalists and historians. His works include The Seventh Million; 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East; Simon Wiesenthal; and One Palestine, Complete (chosen one of ten best books of 2000 by the New York Times). Read by Paul Boehmer, Justine Eyre, Jim Meskimen, John Rubinstein, and Stefan Rudnicki Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |