Menahem Begin: The Legend and the Man"Traces the three major periods of Begin's life and the events and influences in each that formed his personality, ideology, and opinions: his early years in Poland as a leader in the right-wing youth movement Betar, and later, during World War II, his years in a Soviet prison camp; his years during the 1940s when, as head of the underground, he directed attacks against the British while in hiding; and, since the founding of the state of Israel, his years in political life as leader of the opposition." -- Dust jacket. |
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Page 132
... Weizman at the head of the defense establishment , however , there could be no room in it for the man who had commanded the Haganah campaign to break the IZL that took place from November 1944 until September 1945. Weizman himself had ...
... Weizman at the head of the defense establishment , however , there could be no room in it for the man who had commanded the Haganah campaign to break the IZL that took place from November 1944 until September 1945. Weizman himself had ...
Page 278
... Weizman was not at liberty to express his views publicly , but he had made no secret of them . Weizman's name was a household word in the Israeli army . Though he was not an aristocrat among the Palmach officers ( like Yitzhak Rabin and ...
... Weizman was not at liberty to express his views publicly , but he had made no secret of them . Weizman's name was a household word in the Israeli army . Though he was not an aristocrat among the Palmach officers ( like Yitzhak Rabin and ...
Page 303
... Weizman concluded that the young voters had no memory of the old Menahem Begin . This was espe- cially noticeable in the 1973 general elections held immediately after the war , when the Likud won the majority of votes in army camps . So ...
... Weizman concluded that the young voters had no memory of the old Menahem Begin . This was espe- cially noticeable in the 1973 general elections held immediately after the war , when the Likud won the majority of votes in army camps . So ...
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