David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish renaissance / Shlomo Aronson ; translated by Naftali Greenwood

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Editeur / Publisher : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-521-19748-9

ISBN : 0-521-19748-1

Ben Gourion -- David -- 1886-1973

Sionisme ouvrier -- Israël -- 20e siècle

Politique et gouvernement -- Israël -- 1948-....

Classification Dewey : 956.94052092

Résumé / Abstract : "This book offers a reappraisal of David Ben-Gurion's role in Jewish-Israeli history from the perspective of the twenty-first century, in the larger context of the Zionist "renaissance, " of which he was a major and unique exponent. Some have described Ben-Gurion's Zionism as a dream that has gone sour, or a utopia doomed to be unfulfilled. Now - after the dust surrounding Israel's founding father has settled, archives have been opened, and perspective has been gained since Ben-Gurion's downfall - this book presents a fresh look at this statesman-intellectual and his success and tragic failures during a unique period of time that he and his peers described as the "Jewish renaissance." The resulting reappraisal offers a new analysis of Ben-Gurion's actual role as a major player in Israeli, Middle Eastern, and global politics"--Provided by publisher