Yitzhak Rabin

by Benedikt, Linda

• ISBN13: 9781904950066
• ISBN10: 190495006X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-16
• Publisher: Haus Pub

Summary

Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) became a soldier by chance and necessity ratherhan by choice. He spent nearly his entire life fighting Israel's warsgainst Arabs and Palestinians. His natural talent for strategic thinking,eep analysis and detachment from the political game, placed him first at theop of the Israeli military and later political echelons. He was an admiredhief of Staff, an orthodox ambassador, a dedicated Defence Minister andwice led his country as Prime Minister. After the first Palestinian uprisingn the late 1980's sent shock waves through the country, he started toealise that Israel could not win this war by force. Upon his re-election asrime Minister in 1992 he instigated a diplomatic process to end the conflict.ragically his lack of political vision, his deep rooted ambivalence towardshe Palestinians, together with his cautious instinct prevented him fromully implementing the peace process for which he was ultimately murdered in995 and for which he is still remembered today.

Author Biography

Linda Benedikt is the editor of the cultural-political quarterly Die Gazette.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Rosa Cohen and Nehemiah Rabin: From Jewish Misery to the Zionist Dream	p. 1
A Son of Working Parents: Early Years and School Days	p. 11
A Soldier by Chance	p. 15
First the Axis, then the British: 1940-1947	p. 19
The Inter-War Years: 1945-1947	p. 25
The War of 1948	p. 31
A Soldier by Choice: 1949-1968	p. 37
A Slow Rise to the Top: 1953-1963	p. 45
On the Way to War and Victory: 1964-1967	p. 55
A Change of Battlefields: 1968-1973	p. 63
From Staggering Rise to Startling Fall; 1973-1977	p. 75
The Enemy Within	p. 87
One Among Many: The Opposition Years, 1977-1984	p. 99
Minister of Defence: 1984-1989	p. 113
Struggling to the Top Again: 1990-1992	p. 125
A Second Chance: 1992-1995	p. 133
The Final Mobilisation of the Enemy Within	p. 155
The Last Day: 4 November 1995	p. 163
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