Category: Biography

Copyright/published Year: 1993 by St Martin's

ISBN: 0312093683

Binding: Hardcover

Description: The historic elevation of Yitzhak Rabin to prime minister of ì Israel in 1992 brought new hope for lasting peace in the Middle ì East. His Labor party's triumph signaled a new attitude on the ì part of the Israeli people, a desire for an end to decades of ì wearying conflict. Yet this man in whom so many have placed their hopes remains an ì enigma. Rabin, a fierce and uncompromising military leader whose ì actions as chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces during ì the Six Day War led to Israeli control of the West Bank and the ì Golan Heights, seemed poised to surrender at least part of those ì gains in the name of peace. Rabin emerges as a shy, diffident, even mysterious man, whose ì changing fortunes seem to echo the contradictions within himself. ì His first tenure as prime minister during the mid-1970s was ì marked by both his resolute actions during the Entebbe hostage ì crisis and his ignominious resignation as the result of a petty ì financial scandal. Yet Rabin was returned to office at one of the ì most crucial moments in Israel's history.

Condition Information

This is a used book in Very good condition.

Additional condition description

1993 hardcover. Clean and unmarked copy. Sound binding. Jacket has some chips and short (under 1/4") tears. Not price-clipped.