ISBN:
9780521197489
,
0521197481
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 454 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. Engl. ed.
Year of publication:
2011
Uniform Title:
Daṿid Ben-Guryon. 〈engl.〉
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Aharonson, Shelomoh, 1936 - 2020 David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Renaissance
DDC:
956.9405/2092
Keywords:
Ben-Gurion, David
;
Labor Zionism History 20th century
;
Israel Politics and government 1948-1967
;
Israel History 20th century
;
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
;
Labor Zionism
;
Israel
;
History
;
20th century
;
Israel
;
Politics and government
;
1948-1967
;
Israel
;
History
;
20th century
;
Ben-Guryon, Daṿid 1886-1973
;
Zionismus
;
Ben-Guryon, Daṿid 1886-1973
;
Israel
;
Geschichte 1948-1966
Abstract:
"This book offers a reappraisal of David Ben-Gurion's role in Jewish-Israeli history from the perspective of the twenty-first century, in the larger context of the Zionist "renaissance," of which he was a major and unique exponent. Some have described Ben-Gurion's Zionism as a dream that has gone sour, or a utopia doomed to be unfulfilled. Now - after the dust surrounding Israel's founding father has settled, archives have been opened, and perspective has been gained since Ben-Gurion's downfall - this book presents a fresh look at this statesman-intellectual and his success and tragic failures during a unique period of time that he and his peers described as the "Jewish renaissance." The resulting reappraisal offers a new analysis of Ben-Gurion's actual role as a major player in Israeli, Middle Eastern, and global politics"--
Abstract:
The intellectual origins of Ben-Gurion's Zionism -- The Holocaust and its lessons -- Ben-Gurion between right and left -- Ben-Gurion and the Israel Defense Forces : from its formation to the Suez--Sinai campaign of 1956 -- From the 1956 war to the 'Lavon Affair' -- From the 'Lavon Affair' to the Six-Day War -- Epilogue : the renaissance that waned and its leader
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The intellectual origins of Ben-Gurion's Zionism; 2. The Holocaust and its lessons; 3. Ben-Gurion between left and right; 4. Ben-Gurion and the Israel Defense Forces - from its formation to the Suez-Sinai campaign of 1956; 5. From the 1956 war to the 'Lavon Affair'; 6. From 'the Affair' to the Six-Day War; Conclusion: the waning of an age and its leader.
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=33129
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