The Begin Era: Issues in Contemporary Israel

by Steven Heydemann, Jean Newsom, Jean Newsom

Book Overview

The years of Menachem Begin's leadership were among the most turbulent in Israeli history. Domestically, the preeminence of the Labor Alignment was successfully challenged, the Likud government failed to reduce Israel's high inflation rate, military and security expenditures reached new highs, and the politicization of economic policy increased. Internationally, although Israel's policy toward the occupied territories and its regional strategy were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367305771
• ISBN13: 9780367305772
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.3"