SynopsisThe stirring and passionate story of the man who was both the best beloved and the most maligned Jewish leader of his time., A thoroughly documented but highly readable biography of Zionist leader Jabotinsky (1880-1940), organizer of the Haganah self-defense force in Palestine in 1920, highest authority in the breakaway Irgun underground created in 1931 and political opponent of Chaim Weizmann and Ben Gurion. Includes 32, The stirring and passionate story of the man who was both the most beloved and the most maligned Jewish leader of his time. Jabotinsky was a journalist, novelist, poet, soldier, linguist and outstanding orator in his day, holding his audiences rapt in seven languages. Described by historian Martin Gilbert as a champion among writers', biographer Shmuel Katz has succeeded in creating a scholarly work that reads like a novel.'
LC Classification NumberDS151.Z5K3813 1996