Ben-Gurion

  • Ben-Gurion: A Political Life
    By Shimon Peres, David Landau

    Part of the Jewish Encounter series Israel’s current president gives us a dramatic and revelatory biography of Israel’s founding father and first prime minister. Shimon Peres was in his early twenties when he first met David Ben-Gurion.

  • Ben-Gurion: A Political Life
    By Shimʿon Peres

    A revelatory portrait of Israel's first prime minister, written by its current president, includes coverage of his support of the United Nations 1947 Partition Plan for Palestine, his granting of first exemptions to Orthodox military ...

  • Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel
    By Anita Shapira

    Shapira tells the Ben-Gurion story anew, focusing especially on the period in 1948 immediately following Israel's declaration of independence, a time few historians have concentrated on and none have explored in such intimate detail.

  • Ben-Gurion: His Later Years in the Political Wilderness
    By Avi Shilon

    This is the first in-depth account of the later years of David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), Israel’s first Prime Minister and founding father.

  • Ben-Gurion: A Biography
    By Michael Bar-Zohar

    Condensation and translation of Ben-Guryon. Includes index.

  • Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground, 1886-1948
    By Shabtai Teveth

    The author takes the reader through ben Gurion's life, from birth to his crowning event, the Extablishment of the State of Israel. called the "father of the State of Israel",...

  • Ben-Gurion: Builder of Israel
    By Robert St. John

    Ben-Gurion: Builder of Israel