“Rarely have people placed such profound trust in a single man”
But rarer still is how Moshe Dayan commanded the complete trust of the majority of Israelis.
Born in the first kibbutz in 1915, Moshe Dayan’s life was an unbroken chain of war and death his constant companion.
As a teenager, he joined the Haganah and within a decade, had met two of the three men he considered to have had the greatest influence on him - Yitzhak Sadeh and Orde Wingate.
Losing his left eye to a sniper in 1941, while the psychological wound never truly healed Dayan remained a force to be reckoned with.
Retiring as Chief of Staff in 1958, Dayan followed his father’s footsteps and entered the world of politics, becoming first Minister of Agriculture and then Defense, in 1959 and ’67 respectively.
In his lifetime, he became a symbol for the tiny country whose existence continues purely by its courage in a sea of enemies that forever threaten its destruction.
Brimming with personal insights, Shabtai Teveth’s 1972 biography is a remarkable portrait of a remarkable man before he became Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
‘An informative and disarming biography’ – Kirkus Reviews
'An outstanding book' - General Moshe Dayan
Shabtai Teveth (1925-2014) was an Israeli journalist and historian. During the 1967 war he was official war correspondent for the Israeli army. In 2005 he was awarded the state’s highest honour, the Israel Prize, for “lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State”. His other works include The Cursed Blessing and The Tanks of Tammuz.
But rarer still is how Moshe Dayan commanded the complete trust of the majority of Israelis.
Born in the first kibbutz in 1915, Moshe Dayan’s life was an unbroken chain of war and death his constant companion.
As a teenager, he joined the Haganah and within a decade, had met two of the three men he considered to have had the greatest influence on him - Yitzhak Sadeh and Orde Wingate.
Losing his left eye to a sniper in 1941, while the psychological wound never truly healed Dayan remained a force to be reckoned with.
Retiring as Chief of Staff in 1958, Dayan followed his father’s footsteps and entered the world of politics, becoming first Minister of Agriculture and then Defense, in 1959 and ’67 respectively.
In his lifetime, he became a symbol for the tiny country whose existence continues purely by its courage in a sea of enemies that forever threaten its destruction.
Brimming with personal insights, Shabtai Teveth’s 1972 biography is a remarkable portrait of a remarkable man before he became Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Praise for Moshe Dayan
‘An informative and disarming biography’ – Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Tanks of Tamuz
'An outstanding book' - General Moshe Dayan
Shabtai Teveth (1925-2014) was an Israeli journalist and historian. During the 1967 war he was official war correspondent for the Israeli army. In 2005 he was awarded the state’s highest honour, the Israel Prize, for “lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State”. His other works include The Cursed Blessing and The Tanks of Tammuz.
