TY - CHAP
T1 - Combating desertification
T2 - evolving perceptions and strategies
AU - Tal, Alon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2013, University of Pittsburgh Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - WHEN DAVID BEN-GURION stunned the nation in 1953 and moved to Sede Boqer, a newly formed, remote southern kibbutz, it was a radical statement from a radical leader reflecting the depth of his personal commitment to conquering the Negev desert. Ben-Gurion was obsessed with what he perceived to be the neglected state of Israel's southlands-an area that included some 60 percent of the country's area, but only a tiny fraction of its people. After leading his nation through a war of independence, it was as if he had decided to personally wage war against his country's hot and desolate desert: "If the state does not exterminate the desert.. the desert will exterminate the state" was his grim battle cry.
AB - WHEN DAVID BEN-GURION stunned the nation in 1953 and moved to Sede Boqer, a newly formed, remote southern kibbutz, it was a radical statement from a radical leader reflecting the depth of his personal commitment to conquering the Negev desert. Ben-Gurion was obsessed with what he perceived to be the neglected state of Israel's southlands-an area that included some 60 percent of the country's area, but only a tiny fraction of its people. After leading his nation through a war of independence, it was as if he had decided to personally wage war against his country's hot and desolate desert: "If the state does not exterminate the desert.. the desert will exterminate the state" was his grim battle cry.
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SN - 9780822962229
T3 - History of the urban environment
SP - 106
EP - 128
BT - Between Ruin and Restoration
A2 - Miller, Char
A2 - Orenstein, Daniel E
A2 - Alon , Tal
PB - University of Pittsburgh Press
ER -
