David Ben-Gurion And The Jewish Renaissance /
Shlomo Aronson ,
- 1st edition
- New York: Cambridge University Press , 2011.
- xxii,454 pages
This book offers a reappraisal of David Ben-Gurion's role in Jewish-Israeli history from the perspective of the twenty-first century, in the larger context of the Zionist 'renaissance', of which he was a major and unique exponent. Some have described Ben-Gurion's Zionism as a dream that has gone sour, or a utopia doomed to be unfulfilled. Now - after the dust surrounding Israel's founding father has settled, archives have been opened, and perspective has been gained since Ben-Gurion's downfall - this book presents a fresh look at this statesman-intellectual and his success and tragic failures during a unique period of time that he and his peers described as the 'Jewish renaissance'. The resulting reappraisal offers a new analysis of Ben-Gurion's actual role as a major player in Israeli, Middle Eastern, and global politics. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
9781107425200
History ,Israel History 20th century,Israel Politics and government 1948-1967,Labor Zionism Israel History 20th century