num_pages: 400
description: Here, Joseph Heller tells the story of the complex and often conflicting political calculations that led directly to the founding of the independent Jewish state of Israel in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. Examining the positions of many competing parties, he explains how and why the charismatic David Ben-Gurion prevailed: by shrewdly maneuvering between radical extremes on the left and on the right, he says, Ben-Gurion managed to steer a successful middle-of-the-road policy in favour of partition.
language: English
title: The Birth of Israel, 1945-1949: Ben-Gurion and His Critics
titlecomplete: The Birth of Israel, 1945-1949: Ben-Gurion and His Critics
ratings_count: 4
publisher: University Press of Florida