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{weblog_name} - Peres’ Spinning Ben-Gurion And Himself
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Here’s a brief review of the new book by Shimon Peres on David Ben-Gurion called: Ben- Gurion: A Political Life, 2011, (Shocken Books). A link to it is here: http://www.amazon.com/Ben-Gurion-Political-Life-Shimon-Peres/dp/0805242821/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319741451&sr=1-1 David Ben-Gurion has rightly entered the annals of modern Jewish history as a prophet in his time (and perhaps for all time), and Shimon Peres can rightly claim the title of Ben-Gurion’s anointed disciple. At the height of power, both were praised and reviled – although we cannot yet know if the still remarkably vigorous 88-year-old Peres will be remembered as a visionary (for engineering the Oslo Accords) or a fool (for engineering the Oslo Accords). So it is only fitting that Peres (with journalist David Landau) has penned “Ben-Gurion: A Political Life,” a fascinating book that offers one historical leader chronicling and analyzing the life and times of… read more