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Rating: 
Summary: Essential, leaves much to be desired
Review: I remmember when I was younger and I read of the heroic birth of the Jewish State and I saw the white haired Ben-Gurion strolling in the desert, walking the land he helped win for his people. He was a modern day King David(from whence his name comes). FOllowing in the footsteps of the modern day prophet Herzl. I was very excited to read this book. These were the essential years of Ben Hurion and the essential yeas of the modern Jewish State. This was the time of the founding of the settlements, this was the time when Jewish land ownership in Palistine increased 10,000% and when Zionism stopped being a dream and became a reality. Ben-Gurion was the engine of this. Emigrating to Israel after the turn of the century he helped dound the Jewish labourorganizations that came to dominate the Yishuv, eventually he steered the World Zionists away from Wiezman to support him, while at the same time opposing Revisionism(Manachem Begin and Jabotinsky). THis book should have been a more interesting read but I found it focused to much on Gurions personala ffiars(his letters, afairs, feelings) and focused too much on the many little posts he held in numerous useless organizations(all of whom have been religated to the dustbin of history). THis book should have given his life more persepective by detailing the general modd of Israel and the amny events taking place while he lived their. Yet instead of detailing Gurion AND the birth of Israel, this book only details GURION. What about the creation of the settlements? The land dispuits? THe birth of the Haganah? What about WWI and WWII. it seems much was skipped ehre because the author wanted to focus on the personal life of Gurion and his immense ego. I became a little bored and disiluusioned and time after time I had to read about some little useless speach Gurion gave at soem meeting no one remmembers. THis book had greatness in it grasp for detailing such an amazing period(see 'One Palistine Complete' that is also a total let down of leftist rhetoric). I prefer books like 'terror out of Zion' Martin Gilberts 'Israel A history' and 'Blood and Fire' to this read. Maybe I will have to purchase the biography of Jabotinsky to learn more about this period because I was not enlightened with this volume. I doubt you will be either.
Rating:
Summary: Essential, leaves much to be desired
Review: I remmember when I was younger and I read of the heroic birth of the Jewish State and I saw the white haired Ben-Gurion strolling in the desert, walking the land he helped win for his people. He was a modern day King David(from whence his name comes). FOllowing in the footsteps of the modern day prophet Herzl. I was very excited to read this book. These were the essential years of Ben Hurion and the essential yeas of the modern Jewish State. This was the time of the founding of the settlements, this was the time when Jewish land ownership in Palistine increased 10,000% and when Zionism stopped being a dream and became a reality. Ben-Gurion was the engine of this. Emigrating to Israel after the turn of the century he helped dound the Jewish labourorganizations that came to dominate the Yishuv, eventually he steered the World Zionists away from Wiezman to support him, while at the same time opposing Revisionism(Manachem Begin and Jabotinsky). THis book should have been a more interesting read but I found it focused to much on Gurions personala ffiars(his letters, afairs, feelings) and focused too much on the many little posts he held in numerous useless organizations(all of whom have been religated to the dustbin of history). THis book should have given his life more persepective by detailing the general modd of Israel and the amny events taking place while he lived their. Yet instead of detailing Gurion AND the birth of Israel, this book only details GURION. What about the creation of the settlements? The land dispuits? THe birth of the Haganah? What about WWI and WWII. it seems much was skipped ehre because the author wanted to focus on the personal life of Gurion and his immense ego. I became a little bored and disiluusioned and time after time I had to read about some little useless speach Gurion gave at soem meeting no one remmembers. THis book had greatness in it grasp for detailing such an amazing period(see 'One Palistine Complete' that is also a total let down of leftist rhetoric). I prefer books like 'terror out of Zion' Martin Gilberts 'Israel A history' and 'Blood and Fire' to this read. Maybe I will have to purchase the biography of Jabotinsky to learn more about this period because I was not enlightened with this volume. I doubt you will be either.
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