Includes bibliographical references and index.

Present Past -- Internal Contradictions and Crisis -- Historical Context -- Precedents: The First Attempt at Politicide -- Ideology and Military Practices -- Constitution of a Herrenvolk Republic -- Childhood in Colonial Palestine -- Sharon's First Round -- An Officer but Not a Gentleman -- The Patron of the Settlers -- The Second Attempt at Politicide -- The Horror of Sabra and Shatila -- The Road to Sharonism -- From Civil Rebellion to Inter-Communal War -- Oslo -- The Establishment of the Palestinian National Authority -- From Near-Agreement to Stalemate -- The Camp David Debacle -- The Comeback -- The Diversification of Israeli Society -- The New Sharon -- The Third Attempt at Politicide -- What is Left of the Left? -- The Non-Violent Guerilla War -- Conclusion: Politicide in Progress.

Ariel Sharon is one of the most experienced, shrewd and frightening leaders of the new millennium. Despite being found both directly and indirectly responsible for acts considered war crimes under international law, he became Prime Minister of Israel in 2001. From the beginning of his career Sharon was regarded as the most brutal, deceitful and unrestrained of all the Israeli generals and politicians. A man of monstrous vision, his attempts to destroy the Palestinian people have included the proposal to make Jordan the Palestinian state and the now infamous invasion of Lebanon in 1982, which resulted in the Shabra and Shatila massacres.

Baruch Kimmerling's new book outlines Sharon's quest to reshape the whole geopolitical landscape of the Middle East. He describes how Sharon is committed to politicide, the destruction of the Palestinian political identity, and how he has won the support of powerful elements within Israeli society and the present American administration in order to achieve this. At this time of crisis Kimmerling exposes the brutality of Sharon and his junta's "solutions" and constructs a devastating indictment of a man whose cruelty and ruthlessness have resulted in widespread and indiscriminate staughter.