The Revolt: Story of the Irgun

by Menachem Begin

Other authorsSamuel Katz (Translator)
Hardcover, 1977

Status

Available

Call number

956.94 BEG

Publication

Steimatzky Agency Ltd (1977), Edition: Revised, Hardcover, 386 pages

Description

Menachem Begin was a participant in the major events in modern Jewish history: the evolution of Zionism, resistance to the Nazi genocide, Soviet conquest of Eastern Europe, struggle against British rule in Palestine, founding of the state of Israel and the peace treaty with Egypt, which won him a Nobel Prize.

Barcode

3077

Language

User reviews

LibraryThing member JBGUSA
Very powerfully written book by Menachem Begin. Menachem Begin was once derided as a terrorist. Indeed as a warrior he did cause some deaths. The result of his struggle was the miraculous creation of the land of Israel. This eloquent book sings, the same way condemned fighters sang Hatikvah on the
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gallows.

I was surprised by the man's writing style, intelligence and sensitivity. I only give it a "four" since the book, as in any book written by a participant, elevates his role.
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ISBN

0840213700 / 9780840213709
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