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From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an insightful study of the inner life of David Ben-Gurion, the Zionist leader responsible for the creation of the state of Israel "The most intimate yet unflinching portrait to date. . . . Shapira may be the last truly qualified person to unpack some of the mysteries of Israels George Washington."Ilene Prusher, New York Times Book Review "Keenly observed . . . Shed(s) light on the inner life of the man whom fellow Zionist leader Berl Katznelson called 'historys gift to the Jewish people.'"Liel Leibovitz, Wall Street Journal David Ben-Gurion cast a great shadow during his lifetime, and his legacy continues to be sharply debated to this day. There have been many books written about the life and accomplishments of the Zionist icon and founder of modern Israel, but this new biography by eminent Israeli historian Anita Shapira strives to get to the core of the complex man who would become the face of the new Jewish nation. Shapira tells the Ben-Gurion story anew, focusing especially on the period after 1948, during the first years of statehood. As a result of her extensive research and singular access to Ben-Gurions personal archives, the autho

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Author

ʼAniyṭah Šapiyraʼ

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300180459

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, History

Rating

3.88 / 5 (39 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14