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Author:

Lipstadt, Deborah E., author.

Title:

Golda Meir : Israel's matriarch / Deborah E. Lipstadt.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

x, 271 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Laying the foundation : from Russian Jew-hatred to American opportunity -- The Kibbutz years : a dream unfulfilled -- Emissary to America -- Tel Aviv, 1934-39 : a seat at the leadership table -- The apocalypse, 1939-45 : "shame on us" -- "Imagine, we have a state" -- A return to Russia -- Minister of labor : "seven good years" -- Madam Foreign Minister -- Prime Minister -- The Yom Kippur War : an ignominious end to a storied career.

Summary:

In tracing the life of Golda Meir, Deborah E. Lipstadt explores the history of the Yishuv and Jewish state from the 1920s through the 1973 Yom Kippur War, all while highlighting the contradictions and complexities of a person who was only the third woman to serve as a head of state in the twentieth century.

Series:

Jewish lives

ISBN:

0300253516
9780300253511

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1375058769

LCCN:

2022947865

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)