Jabotinsky - A Life
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8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Clean, tight and bright. Little wear to DJ or book. Mylar cover. Book stiff as if not read. Text block clean and pages tight....
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8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Clean, tight and bright. Little wear to DJ or book. Mylar cover. Book stiff as if not read. Text block clean and pages tight.
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An insightful biography of Vladimir Jabotinsky, the most controversial and perhaps most fervent of all Zionist political figures "A well-written, passionate survey of Jabotinsky's life and contributions to political Zionism."--Jeffrey Veidlinger, Marginalia Blog, Los Angeles Review of Books "For many, [this book] will open up a man and his ideas whose influence is still felt today and who had an important role in the ideological struggles that shaped the Zionist movement and the modern Jewish state."--Chicago Jewish Star Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was a man of huge paradoxes and contradictions and has been the most misunderstood of all Zionist politicians--a first-rate novelist, a celebrated Russian journalist, and the founder of the branch of Zionism now headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. This biography, the first in English in nearly two decades, undertakes to answer central questions about Jabotinsky as a writer, a political thinker, and a leader. Hillel Halkin sets aside the stereotypes to which Jabotinsky has been reduced by his would-be followers and detractors alike. Halkin explains the importance of Odessa, Jabotinsky's native city, in molding his character and outlook; discusses his novels and short stories, showing the sometimes hidden connections between them and Jabotinsky's political thought, and studies a political career that ended in tragic failure. Halkin also addresses Jabotinsky's position, unique among the great figures of Zionist history, as both a territorial maximalist and a principled believer in democracy. The author inquires why Jabotinsky was often accused of fascist tendencies though he abhorred authoritarian and totalitarian politics, and investigates the many opposed aspects of his personality and conduct while asking whether or not they had an ultimate coherence. Few figures in twentieth-century Jewish life were quite so admired and loathed, and Halkin's splendid, subtle book explores him with empathy and lucidity.Product Info
ISBN: 0300136625
ISBN-13: 9780300136623
Publisher: Yale University Press
Year: 2014
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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