Golda Meir: The Birth of Israel - Softcover

Elinor Burkett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906142181 ISBN 13: 9781906142186

Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

'We can't do a zigzag', Golda Meir insisted as she drove Israel's 1948 Declaration of Independence through the provisional cabinet, gaining a bare majority of 6 out of 10 and without having a vote herself. Two decades later, in 1969, she would interrupt her retirement for another exceptional step - to become the first female leader in the Western world and earn her nickname, The Iron Lady, as Prime Minister of Israel during its most perilous period in the 20th century. Who was she? This deeply-researched standard biography traces Golda Meir s life from her escape from a Russian pogrom in 1906 to her decisive influence on Israel often at a hidden cost to her personal life. Full of behind-the-scenes insights including the 1972 Olympics attacks and choice quotes, Golda Meir is a spell-binding portrait as well as account of the the state she passionately believed in.

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Review:

'Excellent.' --Mail on Sunday

'Breaks significant new ground.' --Sunday Times

'Fair-minded.' --Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1906142181
• ISBN 13: 9781906142186
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 484