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For information, please e-mail [sales.press@yale.edu](sales.press@yale.edu) ([U.S. office](U.S. office)) or [sales@yaleup.co.uk](sales@yaleup.co.uk) ([U.K. office](U.K. office)).  \nSet in Janson Oldstyle type by Integrated Publishing Solutions.  \nPrinted in the United States of America.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nShapira, Anita.  \nBen-Gurion : father of modern Israel / Anita Shapira ; translated from the  \nHebrew by Anthony Berris.  \npages cm—(Jewish lives) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-300-18045-9 (alk. paper)  \n1. Ben-Gurion, David, 1886–1973. 2. Prime ministers—Israel—Biography.  \nI. Berris, Anthony, translator. II. Title.  \nDS125 .3.B37S53713 2014  \n956.9405′2092—dc23  \n[B] 2014010381  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThis paper meets the requirements ofANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992  \n(Permanence of Paper) .  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface  \n1. Plonsk  \n2.“I Found the Homeland Landscape,”  \n3. Exile and Return  \n4. Labor Leader  \n5. From Labor Leader to National Leader  \n6. Days of Hope, Days of Despair  \n7. On the Verge of Statehood  \n8.“We Hereby Declare …,”  \n9. Helmsman of the State  \n10. Ben-Gurion Against Ben-Gurion  \n11. Decline  \nEpilogue  \nNotes  \nAcknowledgments  \nIndex  \nPREFACE  \nPAULA BEN-GURION STOOD at the entrance to the wooden cottage in Sdeh Boker, blocking the door.“What do you want?” she barked at me.  \n“I have an interview with Mr. Ben-Gurion,” I replied, embarrassed.  \nShe moved aside to let me pass.“Don’t tire him!” she ordered.  \nI was working on my first research project, which dealt with the Hashomer (Watchman) organization. I wanted to clarify a point regarding the clash between former Hashomer members and Ben-Gurion, then general secretary of the Histadrut labor organization. So I wrote to the retired leader, asking to meet him and discuss this question. I was a completely unknown scholar, a young woman of no consequence. Nevertheless BenGurion replied in his own writing, on a page from his enumerated notebooks with sheets of carbon paper between the pages. He agreed to meet, and even consented to see me on whatever day was convenient forme. I brought my husband and toddler son, and we drove south from Tel Aviv in our small Fiat 600. It took us at least three hours to reach Sdeh Boker over bumpy roads. My son enjoyed chasing birds in the fields, and my husband chased him.  \nWhen I crossed the threshold of the famous cottage, Ben-Gurion received me very graciously. He opened his diary to the year in question and talked at length about the Hashomer case. I was overwhelmed by the grand old man. I stayed with him for more than two hours. Then my family and I started the long drive home. It was only when we reached Tel Aviv that I realized that he had not answered my question.  \nSince then I have researched many subjects, and Ben-Gurion, a central figure in Zionist history, has been a constant presence in my work, but I have not written directly about him before. He was the second most important figure in my biography of Berl Katznelson, his friend and colleague in leadership. He was the person who clashed with the Haganah  \ngeneral command during the War of Independence, who brutally dismissed Yigal Allon—the golden boy, the best field commander in the war—all topics I devoted books to. Only in a few articles did I give him fi","cbCaitfmqIKfgFSK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitfmqIKfgFSK","pdf",5323276,261,"English","# Contents\n## Preface\n## 1. Plonsk\n## 2. \"I Found the Homeland Landscape\"\n## 3. Exile and Return\n## 4. Labor Leader\n## 5. From Labor Leader to National Leader\n## 6. Days of Hope, Days of Despair\n## 7. On the Verge of Statehood\n## 8. \"We Hereby Declare …\"\n## 9. Helmsman of the State\n## 10. Ben-Gurion Against Ben-Gurion\n## 11. Decline\n## Epilogue\n## Notes\n## Acknowledgments\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What does the preface explain about Ben-Gurion’s public and private character?\",\"answer\":\"Shapira notes that Ben-Gurion’s public persona has been widely studied, while tracing his inner self is difficult because he tended not to display his feelings.\"}]","Ben-Gurion - Father of Modern Israel | PDF",1792014044,402]