Soldier of Peace: The Life of Yithak Rabin

Dan Kurzman

ISBN 10: 0060186844 / ISBN 13: 9780060186845

Published by HarperCollins, 1999

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Fine (rem. stripe bot. edge of text block) in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xviii+ 555 pp. Illustarted with two sets of photographs. Biography.

Seller Inventory # E36086

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Soldier of Peace: The Life of Yithak Rabin
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060186844
• ISBN 13: 9780060186845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • World War II

About this title

Synopsis

The bestselling, award-winning author of Fatal Voyage and Gensis 1946 presents a comprehensive biography of Yitzhaz Rabin that will publish to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel.

In the mots revealing portrait of the late Israeli leader writer to date, and the first to examine Rabin's longtime secret contacts with the PLO, Rabin family friend, confidante, and former Washington Post correspondent Dan Kurzman explores the life and work of the former Israeli prime minister. Tracing Rabin's life from his youth as a member of an elite commando unit to his rise as leader of Israel, and the account of his brutal assassination at the hands of a right-wing Jewish extremist, Kurzman details Rabin's evolution from shy child to desert warrior to peacemaker, and in the process tells the story of a nation's maturation into a modern state striving for peace.

Kurzman draws both on his relationship with Rabin, whom he first knew as a reporter's source during the Six Day War, and from interviews he conducted with more tan 200 people, including top politicians and statesmen from Shimon Peres to Henry Kissinger. It is the most complete portrait yet published of one of the twentieth century's most courageous and visionary statesman.

About the Author

Dan Kurzman, a former Washington Post correspondent, is the author of fourteen books and the winner of five literary and journalistic awards: The George Polk Memorial Award; the National Jewish Award; the Newspaper Guild's Front Page Award; and, twice, the Cornelius Ryan Award for the year's best book on foreign affairs. Kurzman is a native of San Francisco and now makes his home in New Jersey.