Summary
"The definitive biography of Golda Meir: the iron-willed leader, chain-smoking political operative, and tea-and-cake-serving grandmother who became the fourth prime minister of Israel and one of the most notable women of our time"-- Full description
- Introduction : "Call me Golda"
- Part one. Stubborn roots. The carpenter's daughter
- An American girl
- "Dearest Gogo"
- The path to Palestine
- Part two. Ascent. "New Jews"
- The dark years
- A star is born
- Pioneer woman
- Black clouds rising
- "And the heart breaking"
- Life and death
- Ein Breira
- no alternative
- "Nevertheless : a woman"
- 1947 : the turning point
- "The time is now"
- Part three. Madam Minister. Moscow
- "Either immigrants or shoes"
- The politician
- "Golda Meir"
- Conflict and charisma
- "A mutual distancing"
- Seat of power
- Part four. Premier. The chosen
- A different kind of war
- "What has happened to us?"
- Terror, territories, and the Palestinian question
- Premier Meir and President Sadat
- "I will never again be the person I was"
- An "irrevocable" decision
- "My only fear is to live too long"
- Endings : "I've always been a realist."