Ariel Sharon: An Intimate Portrait - Hardcover

Dan, Uri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403977909 ISBN 13: 9781403977908

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2006

Synopsis

A groundbreaking eyewitness account of the key moments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of one of its lead players, Ariel Sharon, as told to his closest friend and confidant

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Review

'The words you have written over a period of more than fifty years captivatingly recount a personal experience that few others have enjoyed. Better still: they have timelessly captured the crucial moments in the historic process of the rebirth of the Jewish nation in its country.' - Ariel Sharon

'Uri Dan was closer to this great Israeli than any other advisor or unabashed journalistic supporter, and their 50-year collaboration comes through loud and clear in this insider's biography.' - William Safire, Pulitzer prize winning journalist and author

Synopsis

In 1954, reporter Uri Dan met a young military commander named Ariel Sharon and followed him closely for more than half a century. Dan became Sharon's trusted advisor and a witness to the defining moments of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - from secret meetings with heads of state, to open warfare in the Sinai. This riveting combination of political history, narrative biography, interviews, and correspondence sheds new light on the conflict in the Middle East and provides an intimate, definitive portrait of Ariel Sharon, a man whose life is inextricably intertwined with Israel's destiny. With Hamas governing Palestine, Ariel Sharon gravely ill and the party he founded, the Kadima, in control of the Knesset, this book couldn't be more timely.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403977909
• ISBN 13: 9781403977908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320