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Moshe Dayan : Israel's controversial hero / Mordechai Bar-On.
LIBRA DS126.6.D3 B37 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bar-On, Mordechai, 1928-
- Series:
- Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
- Jewish lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dayan, Moshe, 1915-1981.
- Dayan, Moshe.
- Generals--Israel--Biography.
- Generals.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Israel.
- Statesmen--Israel--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Biography.
- Local Subjects:
- Dayan, Moshe, 1915-1981.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 247 pages : photograph ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Biography of Israeli Moshe Dayan, covering his personal life, military service, public career, and political controversies.
- Contents:
- Wild grass: childhood and teens
- On the path of command
- Back to military work
- To the top
- Gathering clouds
- On the edge of the international storm
- On the front line
- The end of the military career
- Government and other battles
- The Six Day war
- Occupation policies
- Controversies
- Yom Kippur
- In the crucible
- shall the sword devour forever?
- Sunset
- Legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Book of the Year, Winner, 2014 (for Jewish Lives series)
- ISBN:
- 9780300149418
- 0300149417
- OCLC:
- 759174122
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