Ariel Sharon: An Intimate Portrait

In 1954 reporter Uri Dan met a young military commander named Ariel Sharon and followed him closely for more than half a century. Dan became Sharon's trusted advisor and a witness to the defining moments of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—from secret meetings with heads of state to open warfare in the Sinai. This riveting combination of political history, narrative biography, interviews, and correspondence sheds new light on the conflict in the Middle East and provides an intimate, definitive portrait of Ariel Sharon—a man whose life is inextricably intertwined with Israel's destiny. With Hamas governing Palestine, Ariel Sharon gravely ill and the party he founded, the Kadima, in control of the Knesset, this book couldn't be more timely.

A groundbreaking eyewitness account of the key moments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of one of its lead players, Ariel Sharon, as told to his closest friend and confidant

Uri Dan is an accomplished reporter and contributor to the New York Post, the Jerusalem Post, and to the Israeli daily Ma'ariv. He has written a number of books including To the Promised Land, Blood Libel, and Eichmann Syndrome.