A state at any cost : the life of David Ben-Gurion /
Tom Segev ; translated from the Hebrew by Haim Watzman.
- First American edition.
- 804 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in Hebrew in 2018 by Keter Books, Israel."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 753-770) and index.
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.
The definitive and newsworthy biography of Israel's founder and longest-serving prime minister.