Soldier of Peace

by Kurzman, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780060186845
• ISBN10: 0060186844
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Summary

The bestselling, award-winning author of Fatal Voyage and Gensis 1946 presents a comprehensive biography of Yitzhaz Rabin that will publish to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. In the mots revealing portrait of the late Israeli leader writer to date, and the first to examine Rabin's longtime secret contacts with the PLO, Rabin family friend, confidante, and former Washington Post correspondent Dan Kurzman explores the life and work of the former Israeli prime minister. Tracing Rabin's life from his youth as a member of an elite commando unit to his rise as leader of Israel, and the account of his brutal assassination at the hands of a right-wing Jewish extremist, Kurzman details Rabin's evolution from shy child to desert warrior to peacemaker, and in the process tells the story of a nation's maturation into a modern state striving for peace. Kurzman draws both on his relationship with Rabin, whom he first knew as a reporter's source during the Six Day War, and from interviews he conducted with more tan 200 people, including top politicians and statesmen from Shimon Peres to Henry Kissinger. It is the most complete portrait yet published of one of the twentieth century's most courageous and visionary statesman.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue	1	(12)
1 The Ingredients of Destiny	13	(24)
2 Red Rosa	37	(15)
3 Going It Alone	52	(17)
4 The Plow or the Sword?	69	(14)
5 Training for Survival	83	(27)
6 Birth and Death	110	(19)
7 Wasted Blood	129	(11)
8 Red Streaks, White Stockings, and a Bracelet	140	(14)
9 The Final Thrust	154	(14)
10 Struggle to the Top	168	(28)
11 A Terrifying Choice	196	(26)
12 "By Morning It'll Be Okay"	222	(7)
13 To Keep a Vow	229	(20)
14 Molehills on the Horizon	249	(19)
15 Moving the Mountain	268	(11)
16 Odd Man In	279	(17)
17 Plotting a Delayed Peace	296	(14)
18 A Dissipating Sandstorm	310	(17)
19 An Incredible Rescue	327	(13)
20 Trapped in a Nightmare	340	(21)
21 The Remnants of Disgrace	361	(20)
22 A Bloody Adventure	381	(23)
23 Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones	404	(19)
24 The Showdown	423	(13)
25 "Enough of Blood and Tears"	436	(29)
26 Rivers of Hate, Reservoirs of Hope	465	(19)
27 The Halo of Pinhas	484	(22)
28 Flight to the Angels	506	(11)
Epilogue	517	(4)
Notes	521	(20)
Bibliography	541	(4)
Index	545