Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel by Francine Klagsbrun (English) Pap

Description: Lioness by Francine Klagsbrun Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "A portion of this book originally appeared in different form in Hadassah magazine (September/October 2017)"--Title page verso. Publisher Description "Golda Meir—immigrant, Zionist, feminist, and wartime prime minister of Israel—claimed far more than one womans share of history. In Lioness, Francine Klagsbrun superbly captures Goldas courage and unrelenting commitment to the founding and survival of a Jewish state."—John A. Farrell, author of Richard Nixon: The LifeWinner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award/Everett Family Foundation Book of the Year, this is the definitive biography of the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel.Born in tsarist Russia in 1898. Golda Meir immigrated to America in 1906 and grew up in Milwaukee. where from the earliest years she displayed the political consciousness and organizational skills that would eventually catapult her into the inner circles of Israels founding generation. Moving to mandatory Palestine in 1921 with her husband, the passionate socialist joined a kibbutz but soon left and was hired at a public works office by the man who would become the great love of her life. A series of public service jobs brought her to the attention of David Ben-Gurion, and her political career took off. Fund-raising in America in 1948, secretly meeting in Amman with King Abdullah right before Israels declaration of independence, mobbed by thousands of Jews in a Moscow synagogue in 1948 as Israels first representative to the USSR, serving as minister of labor and foreign minister in the 1950s and 1960s, Golda brought fiery oratory, plainspoken appeals, and shrewd-making to the cause to which she had dedicated her life—the welfare and security of the State of Israel and its people.As prime minister, Golda negotiated arms agreements with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger and had dozens of clandestine meetings with Jordans King Hussein in the unsuccessful pursuit of a land-for-peace agreement with Israels neighbors. But her time in office ended in tragedy, when Israel was caught off guard by Egypt and Syrias surprise attack on Yom Kippur in 1973. Resigning in the wars aftermath, Golda spent her final years keeping a hand in national affairs and bemusedly enjoying international acclaim.Francine Klagsbruns superbly researched and masterly recounted story of Israels founding mother gives us a Golda for the ages. Author Biography FRANCINE KLAGSBRUN is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath Day and Married People: Staying Together in the Age of Divorce. Lioness received the 2017 National Jewish Book Award/Everett Family Foundation Book of the Year. Klagsbrun was also the editor of the best-selling Free to Be . . . You and Me and is a regular columnist for The Jewish Week, a contributing editor to Lilith, and on the editorial board of Hadassah magazine. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, and Ms. Magazine. She lives in New York City. Details ISBN 0805211934 ISBN-13 9780805211931 Title Lioness Author Francine Klagsbrun Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 864 Publisher Schocken Books GE_Item_ID:120154628; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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