Shimon peres short biography book
In this definitive biography, Michael Bar-Zohar takes the full measure of a towering, enigmatic leader....
An incisive portrait of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres offers a close-up look at his life and career, from his involvement in the beginnings of the Jewish.
Shimon Peres: The Biography
Twice Israel’s prime minister, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, bold leader in a war-torn region, Shimon Peres is one of the great statesmen of the modern world.
Peres is also a fascinating, complex man–a brilliant intellectual who is entirely at home in the corridors of power; an individual revered by the world and yet highly controversial in his own country; at once a hero and a figure of tragedy.
Now, in this definitive biography, Michael Bar-Zohar takes the full measure of a towering, enigmatic leader.
Drawing on his decades-long association with Peres, as well as the full cooperation of the leader’s family, friends, supporters, and political rivals, Bar-Zohar has crafted a vibrant, daring, richly textured portrait of a man whose life and career span the entire history of Israel.
Born in Poland in 1923, Peres emigrated to the Holy Land at the age of twelve, already a fiercely idealistic Zionist. Peres joined a kibbu