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Golda (2008)

by Elinor Burkett(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0060786655 (ISBN13: 9780060786656)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperTorch

review 1: Golda Meir was the first female head of state in the Western world. She was also one of the most influential women in modern history. This biography of her tells us of her demeanor, how she was admired or not by various people of government, what she was best at, and how she became head of state. It was very eye-opening for me. It is an interesting story. It makes me wonder how much more successful she would have been with more education and a slighly different personality.
review 2: Golda Meir, the outspoken Jewish activist and fourth prime minister of Israel, left behind very little personal documentation from which to assess her legacy. She left no diaries or letters and was a reluctant interview subject. Certainly, we can try to imagine what it was like to ... morebe Golda Meir, and this book does an adequate job of explaining how Meir coped with a variety of personal struggles: her unhappy childhood, a failed marriage, covert love affairs, estrangement from her children and siblings, and chronic illness. But this drama is mostly inferred, pieced together from third-party interviews and researcher speculation.The book does, however, provide strong in-depth coverage of Meir’s professional life, her contributions to the founding of the Israeli state and her leadership through its turbulent early decades. There are new new insights—the information presented here is already well documented elsewhere—but the writing is good and the story is engaging. If you’re interested in the history of Israel, it’s definitely worth picking this up. less

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