The Tanks of Tammuz eBook: Shabtai Teveth: Books

(THE TANKS OF TAMMUZ is a dramatic eye-witness account of ...)

THE TANKS OF TAMMUZ is a dramatic eye-witness account of the lightning victory won by Israel’s Armoured Corps during the Six Days’ War. In June ’67 tanks were the leading Israeli land force on every front. They smashed through the Egyptian defences at Sinai. They swept the length and breadth of the peninsula to the banks of the Nile. They pulverised the Syrian fortress on the Golan Heights to win the battle for the west bank of the Jordan. During the Six Days War, the armoured units broke through the Sinai defences and smashed through the Syrian fortress. They also ultimately brought the battle to a quick conclusion. General Tal’s division, during the Six Days War, managed to breakthrough heavily fortified and defended areas in record breaking time. Being attached to General Tal’s division, and as a war correspondent who witnessed these events, Shabtai Teveth describes the dust, heat and peril of every engagement-from earliest border incidents to one of the biggest tank battles of all time on the scorching sands of the Sinai desert, when Egypt threw close to a thousand tanks against Israel’s solitary three divisions. Praise for The Tanks of Tamuz 'An outstanding Book' - General Moshe Dayan Shabtai Teveth, born in 1925, was an Israeli historian and author. In 1950, he began working as a journalist and then became a polititical correspondent. In 2005, he won the Israel Prize for “lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State.” His other works include The Cursed Blessing: the story of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Moshe Dayan: the soldier, the man, the legend, and Kin’at David (David’s Jealousy), amongst many others.

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1970

Cursed Blessing: Story of Israel's Occupation of the West Bank

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1970

Moshe Dayan eBook: Shabtai Teveth: Books

(“Rarely have people placed such profound trust in a singl...)

“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. 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.

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1972

Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground 1886-1948 eBook: Shabtai Teveth: Books

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“No other democratic system has ever known an elected leader serve so long in a central role.” Israel’s founding father and first Prime Minister: David Ben Gurion. Upon his death David Ben-Gurion had spent sixty-six of his eighty-seven years dedicated to Eretz Israel. The son of a member of a Zionist movement, it was inevitable that one of the first words the young Ben-Gurion would hear was “Zion”. The seeds sown, only his mother guessed how far they’d blossom. From his native Poland he pursued his cause across many continents and regimes, including Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire, pre-war Europe and finally across the Atlantic. A determined man, Ben-Gurion understood the art of compromise, and in recognising potential merit as well as cost he always ensured that he could take another step forwards. But this statesmanship came at a price, and his work threatened to consume him. The sensitive man who set out on this quest became impervious to those set against him, and at times he could be oblivious to the impact he was having on his family and friends. From his birth to that of the State of Israel, Shabtai Teveth charts David Ben-Gurion’s great endeavour, his mission impossible: the establishment of a single, Jewish, authority. Ben-Gurion is an insightful all-encompassing biography. Winner of the 1988 National Jewish Book Award Praise for Ben-Gurion “Remarkable insights … historical detective work of the highest order” — Martin Gilbert, New York Times Book Review “Prodigious research” — Walter Laqueur, Washington Post “A remarkable literary achievement” — Abba Eban “Magnificent” — Toronto Globe & Mail “A monument to the biographical form” — Atlanta Journal and Constitution “Teveth is a first-rate craftsman” — The New Republic 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”. He also wrote The Tanks of Tammuz and The Cursed Blessing.

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1985