Arik
Subtitle: the life of Ariel Sharon
By: by David Landau
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 631
ISBN-13: 9781400042418
Subjects: Politics and government; Generals; Military History; Prime ministers; Arab-Israeli conflict; Biography
Description: A portrait of the Israeli political and military leader evaluates his decisive roles in major historical events throughout the past four decades while analyzing the dramatic reversal that marked his decisions as prime minister.
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Land of Hope; title: Poor Little Fat Boy; title: Probationer; title: October 6, Yom Kippur; title: Advise and Dissent; title: His Will Be Done; title: Through the Mire; title: On The Farm; title: Wars Old and New; title: Jordan is Palestine?; title: Backwoodsman; title: Last Man Standing; title: Summit; title: Power Failure; title: King of Israel; title: About Turn; title: Island in the Sun; title: "You Worry Too Much"; title: To Sleep, Too Soon.