Menachem Begin and the Israel-Egypt Peace Process: Between Ideology and Political Realism

This political biography sheds new light on the vital role played by the Israeli Prime Minister in establishing peaceful relations with Egypt.

Focusing on the character and personality of Menachem Begin, Gerald Steinberg and Ziv Rubinovitz offer a new look into the peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt in the 1970s. Begin's role as a peace negotiator has often been marginalized, but this sympathetic and critical portrait restores him to the center of the diplomatic process.

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