Menachem Begin
Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Israel, Modern, 20th Century, Biography & Memoir, Political
| Author: | Avi Shilon | ISBN: | 9780300189032 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press | Publication: | November 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Avi Shilon |
| ISBN: | 9780300189032 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Publication: | November 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Language: | English |
Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. And yet, in 1979 he signed a groundbreaking peace treaty with Egypt for which he and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Such a contradiction was typical in Begin's life: no other Israeli played as many different, sometimes conflicting, roles as Begin, and no other figure inspired such sharply opposing responses. Begin was belittled and beloved, revered and despised, and his career was punctuated by exhilarating highs on the one hand, despair and ostracism on the other.
Menachem Begin, father of Israel's right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. And yet, in 1979 he signed a groundbreaking peace treaty with Egypt for which he and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Such a contradiction was typical in Begin's life: no other Israeli played as many different, sometimes conflicting, roles as Begin, and no other figure inspired such sharply opposing responses. Begin was belittled and beloved, revered and despised, and his career was punctuated by exhilarating highs on the one hand, despair and ostracism on the other.
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