Warrior Statesman: Life Of Moshe Dayan By Robert Slater

Pre-owned. Donning his famous eyepatch after losing his eye in a World War Two battle, Moshe Dayan became for many people the very embodiment of the Jewish nation – daring, courageous and unapologitically proud. He was an immensely arrogant man who created many enemies in the volatile world of Israeli politics, reacted with indifference when his scandalous private life became public knowledge and constantly flouted the law with his illegal archaeological digs. Yet he remained in or near the heights of power for over thirty years, because his talents were indespensible in times of war or peace. In good condition overall, some marking to the inside flaps of the dust jacket and corresponding free end papers which seems to have been caused by liquid. Published by Robson Books Ltd 1998