| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 635 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book" -- Title page verso. |
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Copyright date 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [571]-598) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: Land of hope -- Poor little fat boy -- Probationer -- Desert storm -- 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-face -- Island in the sun -- "You worry too much" -- To sleep, too soon. |
| Summary |
A portrait of the Israeli political and military leader evaluates his decisive roles in major historical events throughout the past four decades while analyzing the dramatic reversal that marked his decisions as prime minister. |
| Local Note |
ENFDNFIC |
| Subject |
Sharon, Ariel.
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Prime ministers -- Israel -- Biography.
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Generals -- Israel -- Biography.
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Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Israel -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Israel -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781400042418 hardback |
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1400042410 hardback |
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