David Ben-Gurion, the State of Israel and the Arab World, 1949-1956

ISBN-13: 9781902210216 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 232 str.

Zaki Shalom

Opis

Although much has been written about David Ben-Gurion, the founder of the State of Israel, he remains a deeply controversial figure. The author's aim in writing this study is not so much to defend or criticise Ben-Gurion as to give a detailed and accurate account of his attitude towards the Arab world in the period between the 1948 War and the Suez War. Shalom recognizes at the outset the distinction between policy and statements, between the operational and declaratory levels of policy. He is concerned not only with Ben-Gurion's practical policy towards the Arabs but with his views, his attitudes, and his statements.