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Author:

Segev, Tom, 1945- author.

Title:

A state at any cost : the life of David Ben-Gurion / Tom Segev ; translated from the Hebrew by Haim Watzman.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

804 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Ben-Gurion, David,--1886-1973.
Prime ministers--Israel--Biography.
Israel--History.
Biographies.

Other Titles:

Medinah be-khol meḥir. English

Notes:

"Originally published in Hebrew in 2018 by Keter Books, Israel." Includes bibliographical references (pages 753-770) and index.

Contents:

The road to power -- The vow -- Scroll of fire -- Birds -- Foreign labor -- Sejera -- Deportation -- New world -- Authority -- Scandals -- Unification -- Conversations -- Winds of war -- Zionist alertness -- Holocaust and scism -- The limits of power -- Maps -- Partition -- War -- New israelis -- Anxieties -- The nasty business -- The second round -- Yes to the old man -- The lavon affair -- Twilight -- Another kind of Jew.

Summary:

The definitive and newsworthy biography of Israel's founder and longest-serving prime minister.

ISBN:

0374112649
9780374112646

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1089258254

LCCN:

2019000371

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)