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Likud leaders : the lives and careers of Menahem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon / Thomas G. Mitchell.

Title
Likud leaders : the lives and careers of Menahem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon / Thomas G. Mitchell.
Author
Mitchell, Thomas G., 1957-
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

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Description
v, 226 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
This book is an exploration of the history and ideology of Revisionist Zionism-the stream of Zionism represented by the ruling Likud Party in Israel-from its inception in the 1920s under Vladimir Ze'ev Jabotinsky through its modification under Herut Party leader Menahem Begin to the present. The main features of Revisionist Zionism under Jabotinsky are discussed, with each of the four Likud Party leaders receiving two to three chapters covering his early life, early career and rise to party leadership and his legacy for the party and the state. An overview is given of the 1940s underground careers of Menahem Begin as leader of the paramilitary organization Irgun Zvai Leumi, and Yitzhak Shamir as leader of the Lohemei Herut Israel. In conclusion the author examines common characteristics that the five leaders share and how the party may evolve in the future. Book jacket.
Subject
  • Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992
  • Shamir, Itzhak, 1915-2012
  • Netanyahu, Binyamin
  • Sharon, Ariel
  • Netanyahu, Binyamin, 1949-
  • Likud (Political party : Israel)
  • Statesmen > Israel > Biography
  • Prime ministers > Israel > Biography
  • Israel > History
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The founder -- Vladimir "Zeev" Jabotinsky -- and the creation of revisionist Zionism -- Menahem Begin, underground commander -- A party is born and grows : from Herut to the Likud -- Begin in power, 1977-1983 -- Yitzhak Shamir's preparation -- Prime Minister Shamir : the great procrastinator -- Sharon : a general for the Likud -- Netanyahu : king of the princes -- "You will get him as prime minister" : Sharon as Prime Minister -- Bibi Melekh Israel (King of Israel) -- The future of the Likud.
ISBN
  • 9780786497133
  • 0786497130
  • 9781476619859 (canceled/invalid)
  • 1476619859 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • ^^2015000541
  • 40024730129
OCLC
  • 895338059
  • SCSB-12873015
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library