Yitzhak Rabin [Paperback]

Michael Kort (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996

The slain Israeli leader's life is put in the context of the struggle to attain peace in the Middle East. Photos.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-10. Beginning with a detailed and moving account of Rabin's leadership in the struggle against British attempts to keep Jews from emigrating to pre-Israel Palestine during the 1940s, this admiring, well-written biography follows the recently assassinated prime minister from military commander to diplomat and politician. Kort draws heavily from The Rabin Memoirs (Little, Brown, 1979), as he recounts the statesman's long and distinguished public career as well as highlights of his private life. The author is especially effective in using Rabin's life to describe the momentous events in Israel's 48-year history as an autonomous nation. Kort also describes Rabin's continuous struggle with Shimon Peres for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party and how the two leaders eventually came to terms when they decided that the emerging peace agreement with the PLO was more important than their power struggle. Average-quality, black-and-white photos are scattered throughout this sensitively presented and compelling biography.?Jack Forman, Mesa College Library, San Diego
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761301356
• ISBN-13: 978-0761301356
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,611,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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