Ben-Gurion's Political Struggles, 1963-1967: A Lion in Winter (Israeli History, Politics and Society) - Softcover

Shalom, Zaky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714685410 ISBN 13: 9780714685410

Verlag: Routledge, 2006

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This is an essential insight into this central figure in the modern history of Israel and Zionism. This important new study explores the years that built up to the Six Day War, and also details the crucial issues and events the world is still grappling with today. This book traces Daniel Ben-Gurion's waning years in Israeli politics. After his resignation from the office of prime minister in 1963, the 'Old Man' soon lost faith in his self-chose successor, Levi Eshkol, and ceaselessly tried to undermine the latter's premiership, eventually forming a breakaway party. The events leading up to the Six-Day War, in June 1967, caught Ben-Gurion by surprise. During the weeks-long 'waiting period' prior to the outbreak of hostilities, he paid little attention to daily security issues. But, when war did erupt, he displayed one of his key leadership skills - the ability to formulate an accurate, independent situation assessment. Of interest to scholars working in Israeli politics and history, this is a lucid, thoroughly researched account of the sunset years of the driving force behind the Israeli nation-state.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0714685410
• ISBN 13: 9780714685410
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176