Rabin: Our Life, His Legacy, by Rabin, Leah
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Rabin: Our Life, His Legacy, by Rabin, Leah. G.P. Putnam's Sons: New York, 1997. Edition: First edition with full number line.. ISBN: 0399142177. Hardcover, 320 pages. Quarter bound in purple cloth over red paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. B&W photographs; Index.

Condition: Book: Near Fine. Spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket: Near Fine. Light crumpling at upper spine end. No chips or tears. Very light rubbing from shelving.

Contents: From the Jacket:

The tragic assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995 provoked an outpouring of tributes to a man whose bold and courageous life, more than any other, came to symbolize his country's first half-century of existence. World leaders and ordinary citizens alike mourned the loss of a brave and daring military hero who had the strength and the vision to become a soldier of peace. But no remembrance can be more acute, knowing, or emotional than that of the woman who shared his life.

Beginning with the brutal murder of her husband before her eyes, Leah Rabin recounts in clear-sighted detail the events of her forty-eight years with Rabin, from their dramatic courtship during service in the Palmach, the elite strike force of the underground Jewish army, to their marriage during the 1948 War of Independence; from his ascent as a brilliant military tactician and his role as chief of staff of Israel's armed forces during the breathtaking victories of the 1967 Six Day War, to his entry into political life, first as Israeli ambassador to the United States, then as cabinet minister to Golda Meir after the Yom Kippur War, and later as Israel's sixth and then youngest prime minister in 1974.

The first native prime minister, Rabin saw his election as signaling a new era in Israeli politics and in the mid-seventies took crucial steps toward peace with Israel's Arab neighbors. But it was upon his Labor Party's victory in 1992 that Rabin felt history had graced him with a rare second chance, and he accepted his election as a mandate to make peace. On September 13, 1993, on the White House lawn, Rabin extended his hand to Yasir Arafat and declared, "The Time for peace has come." The following year, he signed a peace treaty with King Hussein of Jordan, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with this foreign minister, Shimon Peres, and Yasir Arafat, and was hailed as an eloquent visionary who was changing the course of Middle East history.

In the days after his death, as a wounded nation struggled to come to terms with the enormity of its loss, Leah Rabin became an outspoken advocate for peace and an articulate crusader for justice and human rights. A woman of great dignity and condor, she shares with us the heart and mind of this famously private man -- at the center of world affairs, as the steadfast commander in chief of the Israeli Defense Forces, and among his cherished family. Leah Rabin has written a memoir that vividly conveys the triumphs and tragedies of the history of the Jewish state as it presents a uniquely intimate portrait of an extraordinary man.