Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

by Dan Ephron

Book Overview

The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel's recent history, and one that fundamentally altered the trajectory for both Israel and the Palestinians. Killing a King relates the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, over the two years leading up to the assassination, as one of them planned political deals he hoped would lead to peace, and the other plotted murder...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393242099
• ISBN13: 9780393242096
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"