Distilling personal background, personality, and historical perspective, each title in this series about leaders making headlines today includes full-color photographs, a chronology, a bibliography, suggestions for further reading, and an index.

Looks at the life of Ariel Sharon from his time as a soldier through his work as a politician and prime minister of Israel.

This biography opens at the drama of the night peace rally in Israel, where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a young, Jewish las student. Then the book begins a flashback to Rabin's Russian-Jewish parents. There are vivid descriptions of his boyhood years in Tel Aviv, his military career, and his romance with his future wife, Leah. The transition from a military man to a politician was not an easy one for this shy man. But his ambassadorship to Washington, D.C., and his role as prime minister, prepared him for peace negotiations with Palestinian leader, Chairman Arafat. His risk for peace assured his place in history. Many American leaders were devastated by his assassination and mourned his loss.

A biography of Ariel Sharon, the man who was re-elected Prime Minister of Israel in January 2003.

Traces the life of the late Israeli prime minister, from his early days fighting for Israeli independence, to the pivotal Six Day War of 1967, and finally through his political career and assassination in 1995