Ben-Gurion: A Political Life (Jewish Encounters Series)
by Peres, Shimon; Landau, David
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0805242821
- ISBN 13
- 9780805242829
- Seller
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Synopsis
Shimon Peres has been president of the State of Israel since 2007. In 1947, at David Ben-Gurion’s request, he was recruited by the Haganah, and he was appointed head of naval services in 1948. Over a long and distinguished political career, he has held numerous cabinet-level positions, including foreign minister and defense minister, and served two terms as prime minister. One of the architects of the Oslo Accords, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994. David Landau was editor in chief of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz from 2004 to 2008. Before joining Haaretz in 1997, Landau was the diplomatic correspondent and managing editor of The Jerusalem Post . He is the author of Piety and Power: The World of Jewish Fundamentalism and worked with Shimon Peres on his memoir, Battling for Peace . He currently writes for The Economist .
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2310190007
- Title
- Ben-Gurion: A Political Life (Jewish Encounters Series)
- Author
- Peres, Shimon; Landau, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805242821
- ISBN 13
- 9780805242829
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 2011-10-24
- Size
- 5x1x9
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaism;
- X weight
- 17 oz
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