About the Book

Drawn from extensive personal archives and filled withstartling revelations, the definitive biography of Ariel Sharon illuminates hislife and work from the penetrating perspective of his youngest son, Gilad Sharon—one of his father’s closest confidants.Readers of George W. Bush’s Decision Points, Tony Blair’s A Journey,Yitzhak Rabin’s The Rabin Memoirs, and Moshe Dayan’s Story of My Life,as well as Benjamin Netanyahu’s A Durable Peace, will be fascinated by Gilad Sharon’s piercing, authoritative, and intimateportrait of Ariel Sharon the Prime Minister, the father, and the military hero,in a narrative that traces his evolution into a powerful and influential forceat the center of Middle Eastern and world politics.

Critical Praise

“A multifaceted picture of an Israeli patriot, military leader, and family man.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Surprising reading. . . . The biography vividly delineates the qualities a leader needs to excel today.” — Publishers Weekly

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780061721519
• ISBN 10: 0061721514
• Imprint: Harper Perennial
• On Sale: 07/02/2013
• Trimsize: 5.500 in (w) x 8.690 in (h) x 1.040 in (d)
• Pages: 640
• List Price: $19.99
• BISAC1 : HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine
• BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
• BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State