Warrior
An Autobiography
1st Edition
Published on 16. March 2002
592 pages
978-0-7432-3464-1 (ISBN)
Description
Israel's newest prime minister as of February 6, 2001, Ariel Sharon is a dynamic and controversial leader. A hero in Israel's wars, perhaps the most daring and successful commander in Israel's extraordinary military history, Sharon has always been a warrior, whether the enemies were hostile Arab nations, terrorists, Time magazine, or rival politicians. The public man is well known -- aggressive in battle, hard-line in politics -- but the private man has always been obscured by Sharon's dazzling career and powerful personality. In this compelling and dramatic auto-biography, the real Sharon appears for the first time: a complex man, a loving father, a figure of courage and compassion. He is a warrior who commands the respect and love of his troops, a visionary, and an uncompromising, ruthless pragmatist.
Sharon tells his story with frankness, power, intelligence, and a brilliant gift for detail. Always controversial, he is as outspoken as his friends -- and enemies -- would expect him to be.
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Ariel Sharon, born in Palestine in 1928, participated in all of Israel's wars, rising to become one of Israel's best known and most daring generals. In politics in the last twenty-five years, he has served under Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Shamir, and Benjamin Netanyahu. On February 6, 2001, Sharon defeated Ehud Barak to become the eleventh prime minister of Israel.
Content
- Cover
- Dedication
- Foreword by Uri Dan
- Chapter 1: An Echo
- Chapter 2: Father to the Man
- Chapter 3: In the Haganah
- Chapter 4: The War of Independence
- Chapter 5: Losses
- Chapter 6: Interim
- Chapter 7: Commando Unit 101
- Chapter 8: "Every Jewish Life"
- Chapter 9: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 10: Storm Before the Storm
- Chapter 11: Sinai
- Chapter 12: Beginnings and Endings
- Chapter 13: African Interlude
- Chapter 14: War in the Desert
- Chapter 15: Aftermath
- Chapter 16: The Bar-Lev Line
- Chapter 17: War of Attrition
- Chapter 18: Two Terrors
- Chapter 19: Taking Leave
- Chapter 20: The Likud
- Chapter 21: Yom Kippur, 1973
- Chapter 22: The Crossing
- Chapter 23: Politician and Farmer
- Chapter 24: Going It Alone
- Chapter 25: Settling the Territories
- Chapter 26: Egyptians and Iraqis
- Chapter 27: After Camp David
- Chapter 28: Minister of Defense
- Chapter 29: Prelude to Lebanon
- Chapter 30: Peace for Galilee
- Chapter 31: The Expulsion
- Chapter 32: Closure
- Epilogue
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Photo Insert
- Copyright Page
