01396cam a2200337 i 4500 296080862 TxAuBib 20141211120000.0 140314s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014010381 9780300180459 0300180454 DLC eng rda TxAuBib rda eng heb Shapira, Anita. Ben-Gurion [BOOK] : father of modern Israel / Anita Shapira ; translated from the Hebrew by Anthony Berris. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014] 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Jewish lives Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Plonsk -- 2. I found the homeland landscape -- 3. Exile and return -- 4. Labor leader -- 5. From labor leader to national leader -- 6. Days of hope, days of despair -- 7. On the verge of statehood -- 8. We hereby declare . . . -- 9. Helmsman of the state -- 10. Ben-Gurion against Ben-Gurion -- 11. Decline. 20141211. Ben-Gurion, David 1886-1973. Prime ministers Israel Biography. Biographies. Berris, Anthony. Jewish lives.