Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul (Jewish Encounters Series)

Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel's Soul (Jewish Encounters Series)

Reviled as a fascist by his great rival Ben-Gurion, venerated by Israel’s underclass, the first Israeli to win the Nobel Peace Prize, a proud Jew but not a conventionally religious one, Menachem Begin…

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