Lioness
Subtitle: Golda Meir and the nation of Israel
By: Francine Klagsbrun
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 824
ISBN-13: 9780805242379
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Women prime ministers; Biography
Description: "The definitive biography of Golda Meir: the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel and one of the most notable women of our time"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 698-784) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Call me Golda"; title: Part one. Stubborn roots; title: The carpenter's daughter; title: An American girl; title: "Dearest Gogo"; title: The path to Palestine; title: Part two. Ascent; title: "New Jews"; title: The dark years; title: A star is born; title: Pioneer woman; title: Black clouds rising; title: "And the heart breaking"; title: Life and death; title: Ein Breira; title: no alternative; title: "Nevertheless: a woman"; title: 1947: the turning point; title: "The time is now"; title: Part three. Madam Minister; title: Moscow; title: "Either immigrants or shoes"; title: The politician; title: "Golda Meir"; title: Conflict and charisma; title: "A mutual distancing"; title: Seat of power; title: Part four. Premier; title: The chosen; title: A different kind of war; title: "What has happened to us?"; title: Terror, territories, and the Palestinian question; title: Premier Meir and President Sadat; title: "I will never again be the person I was"; title: An "irrevocable" decision; title: "My only fear is to live too long"; title: Endings: "I've always been a realist."