Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel 9780805242379, 9780805243505, 0805242376, 080524350X

The definitive biography of Golda Meir: the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serv

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Table of contents :
Introduction : "Call me Golda" --
Part one. Stubborn roots. The carpenter's daughter --
An American girl --
"Dearest Gogo" --
The path to Palestine --
Part two. Ascent. "New Jews" --
The dark years --
A star is born --
Pioneer woman --
Black clouds rising --
"And the heart breaking" --
Life and death --
Ein Breira --
no alternative --
"Nevertheless : a woman" --
1947 : the turning point --
"The time is now" --
Part three. Madam Minister. Moscow --
"Either immigrants or shoes" --
The politician --
"Golda Meir" --
Conflict and charisma --
"A mutual distancing" --
Seat of power --
Part four. Premier. The chosen --
A different kind of war --
"What has happened to us?" --
Terror, territories, and the Palestinian question --
Premier Meir and President Sadat --
"I will never again be the person I was" --
An "irrevocable" decision --
"My only fear is to live too long" --
Endings : "I've always been a realist."

Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel
 9780805242379, 9780805243505, 0805242376, 080524350X

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