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The definitive memoir of one of Israel's most influential soldier-statesmen and one-time Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, with insights into forging peace in the Middle East.

In the summer of 2000, the most decorated soldier in Israel's history―Ehud Barak―set himself a challenge as daunting as any he had faced on the battlefield: to secure a final peace with the Palestinians. He would propose two states for two peoples, with a shared capital in Jerusalem. He knew the risks of failure. But he also knew the risks of not trying: letting slip perhaps the last chance for a generation to secure genuine peace.

It was a moment of truth.

It was one of many in a life intertwined, from the start, with that of Israel. Born on a kibbutz, Barak became commander of Israel's elite special forces, then army Chief of Staff, and ultimately, Prime Minister.

My Country, My Life tells the unvarnished story of his―and his country's―first seven decades; of its major successes, but also its setbacks and misjudgments. He offers candid assessments of his fellow Israeli politicians, of the American administrations with which he worked, and of himself. Drawing on his experiences as a military and political leader, he sounds a powerful warning: Israel is at a crossroads, threatened by events beyond its borders and by divisions within. The two-state solution is more urgent than ever, not just for the Palestinians, but for the existential interests of Israel itself. Only by rediscovering the twin pillars on which it was built―military strength and moral purpose―can Israel thrive.

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"Barak's memoir provides a detailed picture of a man who has lived a full life... For the past two decades, Barak has played a significant role in the Israeli government, and his insights into that country's domestic policies are valuable. A worthwhile addition to all Middle Eastern history collections." ―Booklist

"[Barak's] writing is clear and full of colorful anecdotes. This is a significant resource for understanding Israel's recent history." ―Publishers Weekly

"My Country, My Life is a rich and engrossing memoir from one of Israel’s premier political leaders, who went from being a decorated soldier to a staunch advocate for peace. Ehud Barak’s love of Israel pours through every page of this book, which makes his warnings about the country’s future as a Jewish and democratic state all the more powerful, urgent, and real." ―Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State

"The life of Ehud Barak is the story of a warrior who became a statesman. My Country, My Life, an aptly titled memoir, is honest, captivating, and moving." ―Dr. Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State

"Ehud Barak's My Country, My Life is a powerful, must-read for anyone interested in peace in the Middle East and, indeed, anywhere in the world. As a journalist who has covered the peace process for many years, I thought I was pretty well-informed. But I must say: I learned a great deal by reading this beautifully written and very candid memoir." ―Wolf Blitzer, CNN

"A riveting memoir of war and almost-peace by Ehud Barak, one of Israel's wisest modern leaders. Barak describes his missions for Israel's toughest commando unit with the passion of a born soldier. The most poignant passages of this book describe Barak's unsuccessful struggle as prime minister to hammer out a peace deal with the PLO's Yasser Arafat―in what proved to be one of the Middle East's tragic 'near misses.'" ―David Ignatius, columnist, The Washington Post

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Ehud Barak served as Israel's Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. He was the leader of the Labor Party from 2007 until 2011, and Minister of Defense, first in Olmert's and then in Netanyahu's government from 2007 to 2013. Before entering politics, he was a key member of the Israeli military, occupying the position of Chief-of-Staff. Barak holds a B.S.c in Physics and Math from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.Sc. degree from Stanford in Engineering-Economic Systems.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The history of Israel, the history of PM Barak. So much in common.
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2018
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A great and very important book. Barak’s life parallels the history of the nation of Israel. He was not only involved in and influenced events during the brief history of the country, he left his mark in many ways.

I briefly served alongside Barak in the military, and on a personal level I learned a lot from him. I’m a big fan and admirer. The book is well written!

Prime Minister Barak was raised on socialist Kibbutz principles, and it dominated his outlook on life. He must have believed that the Palestinians share similar principles as his for making peace with their neighbors. That lead to the failed Camp David summit where PM Barak, as well as president Clinton and his team failed to realize that the perspective of the Palestinians on the dispute with Israel is not territorial. Hence it made no difference offering Arafat 90% or 95% or even 100% of the West Bank including partial control of the Old City. The dispute is between civilizations, cultures, and religious in nature. PM Barak should have realized that when during his victory lap, after Camp David, Arafat proudly stated that he (Arafat) protected Jerusalem. The rest of PM Barak political career was spent solving the wrong problem (the territorial problem). Even getting a declaration that ends all mutual claims between the Palestinians and the Jews forever, means little if 50 years later hot-headed Palestinian youth may restart the conflict. And that time from a more advantageous position. This almost happened in Egypt when the Muslim Brotherhood was elected to power in 2012. Who knows if the peace between Egypt and Israel would have survived (even though Morsi said he would support Egypt’s international obligations). Fortunately, el-Sisi overthrew Morsi. Moshe Dayan called that the “salami method” – they get one slice at the time….

I’m also surprised that the book doesn’t discuss the “Jordanian option” for the Palestinian problem (may not be politically correct in light of the peace agreement with Jordan). The Sykes-Picot treaty that formed Jordan after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and later imported the Hashemite family to rule over Jordan, will collapse eventually. And Jordan (the Emirate of Trans-Jordan), with 4/5 of the area of the old British Mandate, would be the Palestinian state. The Palestinians in the West Bank can stay where they are, but they will be citizens of Jordan, and vote in Jordanian elections (just like Americans living in Canada can vote in American elections while paying taxes in Canada). But Israel should not create yet another Muslim state in the West Bank.
PM Barak has had pure intentions to do good. His military service was impeccable. He developed bonds with every Israeli leader in the past six decades and they all came to rely on his judgment and knowledge. And as a politician his actions indeed were very helpful in preserving the friendly relations between Israel and various US administrations. But his slant on achieving peace got in his way of achieving that peace.

Yet this is A MUST-READ BOOK for anyone who has interest in the Middle East, the Palestinians, and the rise of Israel from a dream to a high-tech and military tower of power.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Candid, brilliant, informative, a page-turner
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This memoir has it all - honesty about successes and failures both, a behind-the-scenes description of military missions and political struggles. And a page-turner to boot. The accolades above by Kissinger, Albright and Blitzer all prove to be true.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Update and correction of my error...Great Book at least according to a politically conservative Jew
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My apologies for confusing Yoni Netanyahu and Nechemya Cohen, my error I corrected it.

It is rare that there is a person that has lived through, remembers and significantly contributed to the entire history of a great country and still lives. Ehud Barak is such a man. It is much like talking to Andrew Jackson (the first democrat president) after his time as US President. Read Brian Kilmeade’s book about him. Our impression of people, especially politicians is shaped by our own politics. The author would describe me as a Jabotinsky Zionist (conservative in politics). Even though he is the embodiment of Jabotinsky’s “New Jew”, a warrior and not the passive recipient anti-Semitic hatred as many European Jews were during the Holocaust. I can identify with him. We both have a military background mine was as a US Air Force officer. We both have a love of physics and a youth that involved self-taught lock picking of the 5 barrel Yale. He is much better than I ever was. He cut the locks apart to learn how they worked; I just bought a book, still available today on Amazon. There was not a locked gas can or Armory in all of Israel safe from his midnight requisitions. He shares something in common with other great liberals, a list I consider short, such as Sen. Lieberman and Alan Dershowitz. They all have a logical rational and not overly emotional view of life (the flaw of most liberals). Barak’s lack of emotionality is why some have accused him of having Asperger’s (high functioning Autism, think of the movie “The Accountant”, Ben Affleck’s ‘s character was almost as much of a Bad Ass as Ehud Barak so I can see the comparison). I know this only through other sources he is very modest about military accomplishments. He did come home from Stanford during the Yom Kippur war, cobble together an armored battalion and ride to the rescue in the battle of Chinese Farm. “Barak commanded an armored battalion during the battle and personally led the armored effort to extricate the Israeli paratroopers”. Only the later part of the book is political. The first part is about his upbringing on a labor Kibbutz (Mishmar Hasharon) north of Tel Aviv. He spoke in detail of his parents but not much of his siblings. He was six when the State of Israel was born. The now rare communal upbringing of socialism influenced him greatly as he admits. Children would sleep, bathe and pick up their clean clothes in a communal dormitory and only see their parents for a few hours in the afternoon. It is not as bad as it might sound, read his description and decide for yourself. He has a great love and ability in music and math. No he does not have Asperger’s, trust me I’m a doctor. I always wanted to say that. People with Asperger’s have little compassion for others. Barak has proven through his deeds both in the military and political life that he does. My personal opinion is that he does not suffer fools gladly. In fact while waiting for Yasser Arafat ( I am not implying Arafat was a fool) he passed the time playing Chopin on the piano, when Arafat entered the room no doubt thoughts of King David went through his mind. My supposition and mine alone, not the authors. If you don’t get the reference read the Bible (Tanakh in Hebrew).
Barak (Hebraized form of his family name Brog) was the first scientist to be PM of Israel. He has bachelors in physics and math and a Stanford masters in engineering systems. This combines human factors as well as machines and game theory (think “A Beautiful Mind” No he does not have Asperger’s). In medicine it is related to “decision analysis” or when over analyzed, jokingly “decision paralysis”. This is something he never suffered from at least from what I know of his career. His book is complimentary to other recent books about Israel, all of which I would recommend and I bought on Amazon (Lion’s Gate, Israel a Concise History, Rise and Kill First, Weapons Wizards and my favorite for obvious reasons “Angels in the Sky” about the beginnings of the Israeli Air Force.
He describes how he moved from Armor to Special Operations and back to Armor, something that rarely happens in in the US military but defines the innate flexibility of the Israelis. His view of the military as a physicist is best exemplified when he had to justify to Yitzhak Rabin going back behind enemy lines to remove a booby trapped listening device he had previously placed. The argument against was that lightening or spurious radio wave could set it off during the attempt. He did not consider this a credible threat. He used the example of a bottle of orange soda sitting on Rabin’s desk, Kosher I’m sure. As a physicist he knew the water molecules could and would eventually diffuse through and escape the amorphous solid glass bottle but common sense dictates it is not a serious issue to worry about. He made his point and was allowed to go on the mission.
Israel is such a small country that he could go on a raid in another country in “drag”, no he did not wear heals as Spielberg portrayed in “Munich” and made it back home and to bed before his wife woke in the morning. He would have had to explain the makeup except their exploits from “Operation Spring of Youth” were already on the news and no explanation was necessary. It was just another day or in this case night at work. He said: “Sayeret Matkal are creatures of the night”. He says he does his best work at night, meaning he is the most productive and thoughtful in the evening hours, not a morning person. It should not be interpreted in any other way. To this day he still respects operational security and gives enough, but not too much information about specifics. He did talk about a hobby store in Pennsylvania where they got some equipment. This is the home of the Netanyahu boys, his Sayeret Matkal comrades Bibi, now the PM and his brother Yoni the only fatality from the Entebbe raid. Barak’s perspective on that event from his assignment at the refueling base in Kenya is enlightening and heart wrenching. Could the equipment shipped from Pennsylvania have been a radio controlled airplane mounted with a small film camera? The Netanyahu brothers were still in high school and I don’t believe they had met yet. I as well as many boys built something like that. My Dad and I did for fun some years later. This is just my unsubstantiated supposition. He did make the drone program a reality while Chief of Staff. Speaking of Entebbe “Operation Thunderbolt” also a great book, his liberal and compassionate side is also seen in Barak’s book when he defended his immediate predecessor as Chief of Staff from rumors of being Gay. This General was played by Charles Bronson in “Raid on Entebbe”. This was not allowed back then but it is important to understand tolerance is very important but does not mandate acceptance of different views or lifestyles. The Israelis, both secular and religious; seem to have been able to reconcile this issue. I believe he handled the situation well. Enough said. We can have fundamental differences in opinion about political or religious ideas but need to maintain a civil dialog. He exemplified this in his description and criticism of his political opponent (not enemy) PM Netanyahu. We in the US need to learn from this. In Israel all citizens serve together both the left and right with the exception of some Orthodox, a situation he had to deal with as PM. I will not call them “Ultra-Orthodox” they believe reading Torah and prayer helps Israel just as much as fighting. Who am I to say they are not right? After reading about the history of the Israeli Air Force evidence suggests they may be right. Many military deferred Orthodox do serve in Magen David Adom. The Israeli first aid service including my own American son in a gap year before college.
Another reviewer stated that the author did not address the Jordanian option to the Palestinian problem. He did. He commented in detail about Arik Sharon’s plans to do just that as well as the moral consequences. Yes Arik and Ariel Sharon are the same person. I didn’t know it myself until I was in my 30’s, I’m a scientist not a Torah scholar. Barak also exemplified the Jewish concept of “Purity of Arms”. “The soldier shall make use of his weaponry and power only for the fulfillment of the mission and solely to the extent required; he will maintain his humanity even in combat.”
The last part of the book was about his political career. Barak was probably too honest. When asked how his life would have been different if he was born an Arab he said that he probably would have become a terrorist but then later would have worked from within the organization for peace. These are the words of an honest man not a politician. He was very kind in the description of the four US Presidents he worked with, a little more to the democrats than the republicans. He outlined in great detail first his attempts at peace with Syria and then with Arafat. He has been greatly criticized for being willing to trade land for peace. The left has been seen to favor this while many on the right especially the religious believe the G-d given land of Israel cannot be traded away without divine consequences. In all of his negotiations he maintained as his utmost priority the security of The State of Israel. Even when he was willing to trade away the entire Golan Heights and about 90% of the West Banks it was only with verifiable guarantees of Israel’s security. He admitted he may have offered more than the country would be willing to agree with. He would have had a national referendum to approve the agreement. He at least wanted to know if the Arabs were actually serious about peace. He demonstrated clearly that they were not. Arafat even refused to acknowledge the Jewish Temples had been on the temple mount. Assad may have been too old and infirm and Arafat was too intransigent. President Clinton saw and accepted this and did not blame Israel for the lack of an agreement. Barak was criticized for spending too much time talking to Chelsey Clinton and not Arafat, but who could blame him (I didn’t vote for either of her parents)? She did after all marry a Jewish guy, but then so did Ivanka. This brings up an interesting similarity to our current president. Both are not great politicians. Both were more concerned about their agenda in his case peace with the Arabs, and harmony among all Jews than political longevity. Netanyahu and Bill Clinton are great politicians. This view made Ehud Barak a great statesman.
As for his divorce and remarriage I will only say in my personal experience with the lives of others first love can be an irresistible force. We Jews do believe in Beshert, the pre-ordained or inevitable, at least under certain circumstances. He did separate from his first wife before he renewed his relationship with the woman who would be his second wife. She also was divorced at the time. His second wife, the green eyed Nili, who he very lovingly describes when she was 19 and they had just met. He described it as love at first sight, a “Thunderbolt”… She went on to work for/with the Mossad getting Jews out of France, also pretty impressive.
I have read both Mark Levin and before his fall from liberal grace, Al Franken, he really is a good writer. They both make valid points from their political perspectives. Though I believe Levin’s are more numerous, rational and validated by common sense and human nature, though not as humorous as Franken’s. Barak’s arguments are far more persuasive than Franken's, some would say Levin’s as well.
People from both the left and right can gain from this great book and you don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy it.
I understand he has a new business in medical marijuana in Israel. I’m sure that will be another interesting can of worms.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional autobiography of a man...and a country!
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A superbly detailed history of Israel from its founding through now. Barak's life parallels that of his country and reveals great insights into both military battles and political conflicts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars His story is Israel's story ... Barak was
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EHUD BARAK served as Israel’s tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001, having entered the political arena after a three-and-a-half decade career in the military, during which he became the country’s most decorated soldier and served as armed forces chief of staff. He resumed his leadership of the Labor Party in 2007 and went on to serve as minister of defense for six years in the governments of Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Math from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an M.Sc. degree from Stanford in Engineering-Economic Systems. You can sign up for email updates here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An essential read for understanding the why there children of the chalautzim were so extraordinary
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018
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I had low expectations for this book, but I found it an honest retelling of dozens of crucial events by a man who participated in them. It is a good read, and as for the audiobook, a good listen to.
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My Country, My Life, by Ehud Barak, is an interesting book about Israel. It is highly informative. I highly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr gut!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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Shows his career as a military man then as a peacemaker. Just shows how despite being offered peace & a two state solution, Hamas are hell bent on the destruction of Israel.
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excellent and well writen history
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