David Ben-Gurion

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• SOURCE: New York Review of Books
  10/19/2021
  

  "This Obstinate Little Man": Tom Segev on Ben-Gurion as the King Lear of Zionism

  "Ben-Gurion was not a saint and should not be made into one posthumously. An unvarnished account of his vices is essential, but so is an appreciation of his merits." A reviewer says Tom Segev's new biography sheds little light on his influence over the Zionist movement and the Israeli state.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  September 25, 2019
  

  Israel’s First Prime Minister Was Complicated. So Is This Book About His Life.

  by Francine Klagsbrun

  Tom Segev studies and compares the life and associated policies of Israel’s very first Prime Minister in A STATE AT ANY COST: The Life of David Ben-Gurion.