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Golda Meir and the nation of Israel

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An edition of Lioness (2017)

Lioness

Golda Meir and the nation of Israel

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"The definitive biography of Golda Meir: the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel and one of the most notable women of our time"--

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English
Pages
824

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Subjects
Women prime ministers, Biography, Meir, golda, 1898-1978, Israel, politics and government, New York Times reviewed, Prime ministers, Israel, biography
People
Golda Meir (1898-1978)
Places
Israel

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Table of Contents

Introduction: "Call me Golda"
Part one. Stubborn roots
The carpenter's daughter
An American girl
"Dearest Gogo"
The path to Palestine
Part two. Ascent
"New Jews"
The dark years
A star is born
Pioneer woman
Black clouds rising
"And the heart breaking"
Life and death
Ein Breira
no alternative
"Nevertheless: a woman"
1947: the turning point
"The time is now"
Part three. Madam Minister
Moscow
"Either immigrants or shoes"
The politician
"Golda Meir"
Conflict and charisma
"A mutual distancing"
Seat of power
Part four. Premier
The chosen
A different kind of war
"What has happened to us?"
Terror, territories, and the Palestinian question
Premier Meir and President Sadat
"I will never again be the person I was"
An "irrevocable" decision
"My only fear is to live too long"
Endings: "I've always been a realist."

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 698-784) and index.

Copyright Date
2017

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
956.9405/3092, B
Library of Congress
DS126.6.M42 K53 2017, DS126.6.M42K53 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 824 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
824

ID Numbers

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OL26929872M
ISBN 10
0805242376
ISBN 13
9780805242379
LCCN
2017004908
OCLC/WorldCat
969386218

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