Ben-Gurion's Spy: The Story of the Political Scandal That Shaped Modern Israel Hardcover - 1996
by Shabtai Teveth
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Ben-Gurion's Spy is a riveting exploration of the scandalous Lavon affair in Israel, which in 1963 toppled the government and ended the political life of David Ben-Gurion, the nation's founding father. In the early 1950s, a team of Israeli agents was ordered - without prior knowledge of either the cabinet or the military high command - to stage a series of bombings of American and British institutions in Egypt, in an attempt to forestall Great Britain's planned withdrawal from the Suez. Betrayed by their commander, the agents were captured and put on trial in Cairo. Who gave the orders for the sabotage attempts? Was it defense minister Pinhas Lavon, Ben-Gurion's hand-picked successor? Or was it Director of Military Intelligence Benyamin Givly, a cunning and ruthlessly ambitious officer? Both denied responsibility, and their dispute turned into a charade of character assassination, forgery, cover-up, and vendetta that forced Lavon's resignation in 1955. Ben-Gurion's Spy explores the political implications of the Lavon affair, demonstrating how the episode helped to usher in Menahem Begin's Likud - whose doctrine claims the whole of Palestine - and to initiate a radical shift in defense policy from restraint to violent, sometimes reckless, retribution. Unlike similar incidents like Iran-Contra or the Dreyfus affair, the Israeli analogue saw no judicial inquiry or public hearings, nor any published documents. Teveth fills in the vital information, employing classified documents including minutes of secret cabinet and military tribunal investigations, as well as interviews with key actors and the private correspondence of Givly and his doting secretary, Dalia Carmel.
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- Title Ben-Gurion's Spy: The Story of the Political Scandal That Shaped Modern Israel
- Author Shabtai Teveth
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 310
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
- Date 1996-04
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780231104647 / 0231104642
- Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 9.33 x 6.31 x 1.06 in (23.70 x 16.03 x 2.69 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Israel, Israel - Politics and government
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95-43068
- Dewey Decimal Code 956.940
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Citations
- Booklist, 06/01/1996, Page 1672
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/1996, Page 589
- Library Journal, 05/15/1996, Page 74
- Publishers Weekly, 05/20/1996, Page 250
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