Synopses & Reviews
From his youth as a soldier to his service in government, Ariel Sharon has personified Israels drive for security. His leadership during the Six-Day and Yom Kippur wars made him a national hero and propelled him into politics. His commitment to protect his people underscored his election to prime minister in 2001. But within months of taking office, daily suicide bombings in Israel and the 9/11 attacks shook the Western world—thrusting Ariel Sharon into the center of international affairs.
Throughout his life, Sharon kept a meticulous record of events—personal notes, diaries, military directives, correspondence, and thousands of other documents—and the conversations he conducted with world leaders including George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin, Kofi Annan, Hosni Mubarak, Mahmoud Abbas, and more.
Gilad Sharon, the prime ministers youngest son and close confidant, has combed through his fathers vast archive to offer an intimate and compelling look at one mans evolution into one of the worlds most influential figures. Filled with news-making revelations, Sharon is the anatomy of being prime minister, a dazzling portrait of a legendary leader and the nation he helped build.
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“Surprising reading. . . . The biography vividly delineates the qualities a leader needs to excel today.” Publishers Weekly
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“A multifaceted picture of an Israeli patriot, military leader, and family man.” Kirkus
Synopsis
Drawn from extensive personal archives and filled withstartling revelations, the definitive biography of Ariel Sharon illuminates hislife and work from the penetrating perspective of his youngest son, Gilad Sharon—one of his fathers closest confidants.Readers of George W. Bushs Decision Points, Tony Blairs A Journey,Yitzhak Rabins The Rabin Memoirs, and Moshe Dayans Story of My Life,as well as Benjamin Netanyahus A Durable Peace, will be fascinated by Gilad Sharons piercing, authoritative, and intimateportrait of Ariel Sharon the Prime Minister, the father, and the military hero,in a narrative that traces his evolution into a powerful and influential forceat the center of Middle Eastern and world politics.
About the Author
Gilad Sharon is the youngest of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's sons. Gilad holds a master's degree in economics and writes a column for the prominent Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. A major in the Israel Defense Force reserves, he manages his family's farm in Israel.