My Struggle for Peace, Volume 2 (1955) (eBook)

The Diary of Moshe Sharett, 1953-1956

Moshe Sharett (Autor)

Neil Caplan, Yaakov Sharett (Herausgeber)

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2019
591 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03760-2 (ISBN)

Infos

1. This book is the detailed and highly revealing diary of a major figure of the Israeli government, shedding light onto his last years in office prior to the turbulent period of the 1956 Suez/Sinai War.

2. It is a remarkable political document that provides intimate insights, both flattering and critical, into leading figures and world statesmen involved in the early years of the Israeli state. It sheds light on the political and psychological tensions of these early years.

3. Coeditor Neil Caplan is a senior historian who focuses on the early years of Israel's history and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

4. This is a strategically important work for IUP's Perspectives on Israel Studies series, as well as our reading audience, including historians, and researchers and students of Israeli history, government, policy, and politics.

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The second volume of the former Israeli prime minister's journals from the nation's early years, centering on his time in office. My Struggle for Peace is a remarkable political document offering insights into the complex workings of the young Israeli political system, set against the backdrop of the disintegration of the country's fragile armistice with the Arab states. Replete with Moshe Sharett's candid comments on Israel's first-generation leaders and world statesmen of the day, the diary also tells the dramatic human story of a political career cut short the removal of an unusually sensitive, dedicated, and talented public servant. My Struggle for Peace is, above all, an intimate record of the decline of Sharett's moderate approach and the rise of more "e;activist-militant"e; trends in Israeli society, culminating in the Suez/Sinai war of 1956. The diary challenges the popular narrative that Israel's confrontation with its neighbors was unavoidable by offering daily evidence of Sharett's statesmanship, moderation, diplomacy, and concern for Israel's place in international affairs. This is the second volume in the 3-volume English abridgement of Sharett's Yoman Ishi [Personal diary] (Ma'ariv, 1978) maintains the integrity, flavor, and impact of the 8-volume Hebrew original and includes additional documentary material that was not accessible at the time. The volumes are also available to purchase as a set or individually. "e;The editors . . . vastly improved on the Hebrew version by adding Sharett's speeches, reports, cabinet minutes, and other sources to the text. . . . These additions makes this work so important and welcome by all who aspire to understand the foreign and defense policies of Israel in its first decade."e; Israel Studies Review

Autoren

lt;P>Yaakov Sharett is a retired diplomat, journalist, editor, and translator in Tel Aviv. He is Director of the Moshe Sharett Heritage Society and chief editor of a dozen volumes of his father's letters, papers and speeches, including the original diary published in 1978.

Moshe Sharett (1894-1965) was Israel's first Foreign Minister (1948-1956) and its second Prime Minister (1954-1955).

Neil Caplan is author of The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories and of Futile Diplomacy, a 4-volume documentary history of Arab-Israeli negotiations. He is author (with Laura Zittrain Eisenberg) of Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: Patterns, Problems, Possibilities

Yaakov Sharett is a retired diplomat, journalist, editor, and translator in Tel Aviv. He is Director of the Moshe Sharett Heritage Society and chief editor of a dozen volumes of his father's letters, papers and speeches, including the original diary published in 1978

Neil Caplan is author of The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories and of Futile Diplomacy, a 4-volume documentary history of Arab-Israeli negotiations. He is author (with Laura Zittrain Eisenberg) of Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: Patterns, Problems, Possibilities.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Perspectives on Israel Studies
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Abba Eban, Land of Israel Studies Department, peace, peace accord, Shimon Peres • Aliya, immigrant absorption, Moroccan Jewish immigration, Kasztner trial, Arab blockade, boycott, Fedayeen, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), infiltration, terror attacks, border wars, Menachem Begin • British policy, Operation Alpha, Moshe Sharett, David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Suez Canal, Palestine, Palestinians, refugees, displaced persons, US-Israel Relations, Asian states, Sinai War • Israel, foreign policy, history, Middle East • IUP, IU Press, Indiana University Press, My Struggle for Peace, The Diary of Moshe Sharett, 1953–1956, Neil Caplan, Yaakov Sharett, Israel, Israeli, Israeli people, statehood, first decade, Mapai Party • leadership, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arab states, conflict with Arab states, foreign policy, defense policy, moderation vs. activism, diplomacy vs. military action, diplomacy, military action, force • Zionist movement, diaspora, Jewry, Jews, Judaica, Jewish Studies, arms procurement, retaliations, reprisal raids, defense alliances, United Nations, UN, United States, US policy, USA, UK, United Kingdom
• ISBN-10: 0-253-03760-3 / 0253037603
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-03760-2 / 9780253037602