About the Author

Zaki Shalom is a senior researcher at the Ben-Gurion Research Center, Ben-Gurion University. His main fields of study are the Arab-Israeli conflict and Israel's defense policy. He has published several books and numerous articles dealing with various aspects of these topics. His previous book, David Ben-Gurion, the State of Israel, and the Arab World, 1949-1956, is also published by Sussex Academic Press.

Reviews

"Shalom devotes much attention to the relations betwen Ben-Gurion and his foreign minister (and temporary successor) Moshe Sharett, finding that the two differed on matters of defense policy but saw eye-to-eye on Israel's requirements from a political settlement." --Middle East Quarterly