Sharon
The Life of a Leader

A consummate, deep , passionate portrayal of both the life of the larger than life Ariel Sharon, soldier and statesman , a valiant, courageous, patriotic, dedicated and kind hearted man. A man with a great sense of humour and a bottomless compassion for Jew and gentile alike, a man who had suffered......more

Ostensibly a life account of Ariel Sharon, this book is much more. This work was undertaken and written by his son Gilad Sharon and encompasses a vast array of historical (emphasis on VAST) documents and sometimes day-by-day accounts. The attention to detail is sublime: the family archived letters,......more

Filial devotion on this level is something wonderful to behold...according to Gilad Sharon,his father was the perfect soldier,citizen,statesman,husband,father and friend who made(possibly)one or two very minor mistakes of judgement but otherwise has been a paragon of virtue throughout his life...whi......more

This is 600 pages of Ariel Sharon's diaries, journals and letters. The man understood that he was making history and he kept a record of that history. His youngest son has compiled that record into a book. Egyptian intelligence described Sharon as "Full bodied, silvery hair, very calm, confidant, en......more

While Gilad Sharon documents the life of his father Ariel Sharon in his book, he is really providing a history of Israel as a nation. He clearly sees his father in heroic terms and spends time showing that his father's way of running the country was correct and Israel would be in better shape if onl......more