My LifeThis is Golda Meir's long-awaited personal and moving story of her life. For the first time, we experience through her own words how it happened that this amazing woman, born in Russia and brought up in Milwaukee, became the prime minister of Israel and one of the political giants of our time without ever losing the warmth and informality for which she is justly celebrated. She herself describes her career as Israel's labor minister, foreign minister, and finally prime minister, against the background of her conflicting roles as a wife and as a mother. This personal story of her own life inevitably reflects also the story of Israel itself -- and of its struggle to survive -- culminating in what was for Golda Meir the most desperate period of all, the terrible days of the Yom Kippur War of 1973. - Jacket flap. |
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Page 365
... forces , backed by the air force , had pushed their way deep into the Sinai , were already gaining the upperhand in tank battles that involved even more armor than had clashed in the Western Desert in World War II , and were al- ready ...
... forces , backed by the air force , had pushed their way deep into the Sinai , were already gaining the upperhand in tank battles that involved even more armor than had clashed in the Western Desert in World War II , and were al- ready ...
Page 367
... Force to scale the Golan Heights , inch by inch , and then force their way into those bun- kers . But it was done by the army , the air force , the paratroop- ers and brave engineers in bulldozers - and by June 10 the Syri- ans were ...
... Force to scale the Golan Heights , inch by inch , and then force their way into those bun- kers . But it was done by the army , the air force , the paratroop- ers and brave engineers in bulldozers - and by June 10 the Syri- ans were ...
Page 426
... force and four divisions and said that if they were called up at once , they could go into action the next day — that is , Sunday . Dayan , on the other hand , was in favor of calling up the air force and only two divisions ( one for ...
... force and four divisions and said that if they were called up at once , they could go into action the next day — that is , Sunday . Dayan , on the other hand , was in favor of calling up the air force and only two divisions ( one for ...
Contents
A Political Adolescence | 30 |
Choose Palestine | 53 |
The Start of a New Life | 75 |
Copyright | |
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