Abdullah, king of Jordan, 38–40
Abucarius Bey, 37
Adan, Avraham, 171
Agranat, Shimon, 184
Agranat Commission, 184, 186–87
Agriculture Ministry, Dayan and, 115–20
Ahdut Ha’Avodah. See Labor Unity Party
al-Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem), 40
Allon, Yigal, 17–20, 22, 33, 119, 131, 134, 164, 172, 191; Dayan disagreements with, 147–48, 159
Allon Plan, 147
Altalena affair, 32–33
Alterman, Nathan, 98
American Society of Friends, 61
Amit, Meir, 62, 79, 91, 93, 97, 108–9
anthropoid sarcophagi, 162–64
Aqaba, Straits of, 60
Arab-Israeli conflict, vii, viii, 49–50, 52–55, 215–16; basic asymmetry in, 69; core issue of, 207, 217 (see also Palestinians, self-determination of); Dayan’s view of, 74–76, 155–56; Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and, 207; Egyptian provocations and, 57–69, 71–79; Kissinger diplomacy and, 179–80, 181–83, 191; oil embargo and, 176, 182; partition of Palestine and, 30–32; peace process and, ix, 194–207; Soviet arms deals and, 62–63, 151, 153, 166; War of Attrition and, 151–56. See also Sinai campaign; Six Day War; War of Independence; Yom Kippur War
Arab League, 30
Arab Legion, 33, 34, 35, 50–51, 58, 80, 82
Arab Liberation Army, 30
Arab Revolt (1936–39), 16–19, 20, 23
Arabs: attacks on Zionist settlers by, 4–6, 9–10, 11–12. See also Bedouins; Palestinians
Argov, Nehemiah, 108
Ashkenazi, Motti, 185–86
Australian 7th Division, 22–25
Avneri, Uri, 51
Ayad, Abu, 150
Azaryahu, Arnan, 18
Azazma Bedouin tribe, 50
Bab el-Mandeb, Straits of, 179
Ba’Mahaneh (military magazine), 49
Bar-Lev, Chaim, 94, 95, 152, 156
Bar-Lev Line, 152–53, 156–57, 185, 199; collapse of, 169–70, 171
Bar-On, Mordechai: as Dayan bureau chief, x, 71, 94, 108; as secretary at Paris meetings for Sinai campaign, x, 83–84; travels with Dayan during Sinai campaign, 94–95, 97–98
Bathsheba (biblical), 111
Bedouins, 7–8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 50, 55, 190; ancient amphorae and, 103; negotiating procedure of, 39
Beersheba, 12, 59, 125, 126, 189
Begin, Menachem, 28, 29, 118, 134, 198–206, 212–13, 217; Camp David Accords/peace treaty and, 204, 207; Dayan and, 193–94, 197, 198, 209, 211, 217
Beirut airport raid (1968), 157
Ben-Ezer, Ehud, 211
Ben-Gurion, David, 29, 32, 34, 46, 52, 54–58, 61, 63, 64–69, 72, 73, 76, 82, 83, 87, 115–16, 118–21, 159, 189; aide Argov’s suicide and, 108; Dayan’s relationship with, 33, 35–36, 38, 40, 41, 47, 55–56, 70, 103, 105–6, 107, 113, 116, 118, 119, 121, 122, 202, 217; on Dayan’s extramarital affairs, 111–12; on Dayan’s military accomplishments, 109; foresight of, 106; French arms deal and, 78, 79–80; preemptive war caution of, 67, 68–69; Sinai campaign and, 79, 87–94, 97, 101, 102, 104–7
Bernadotte, Count Folke, 37, 39
Bible, 7, 13, 17, 111, 190–91, 205. See also Land of Israel
Black September attacks, 151
Blair House Conference, 204–5
Bonnier de La Chapelle, Fernand, 88
borders: Allon Plan for, 147; of armistice (1949), 38, 40–41, 42, 59, 104, 144, 158; of biblical Land of Israel, 191; with Egypt, 41, 42, 106–7, 155, 156, 157; expansion of, 40–41, 59, 141, 144, 147, 155; final-status negotiations and, 157–59; Greater Israel demands and, 158; protection of, 58, 59, 60, 143; settlements along, 71–72, 75
Bourgès-Maunoury, Maurice, 77, 88
Boursicot, Pierre, 77
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, 198
British Army, 4, 16–25, 27, 30, 45; Jewish Brigade of, 62
British High Commissioner, 21
British Mandate (1922–48), vii, 4, 12, 16–28, 43; expiration of, 31; Haganah and, 16–17, 18, 19, 22–25, 26–29; Jewish immigration curb, 16, 18, 19, 28
Brown, Arie, 178
Bulganin, Nikolai, 97
Bunche, Ralph, 39
Burg, Joseph, 209
Burns, E. L. M., 62, 101, 102, 106
Cairo Affair (1954), 56–57, 116
Camp David Accords (1978), 203–4
Camp David conferences, 202–6
Challe, Maurice, 78, 84, 86, 88
Chelif (landing craft), 79
Churchill, Winston, 130
collective settlements. See kibbutzim
cooperative settlements. See moshavim
Czech-Egyptian arms deal, 62–64, 71
Damia Bridge, 141
Davar (newspaper), 12–13, 24, 120, 173
David, King (biblical), 111
Dayan, Assi (Assaf; son), 27, 100, 150; estrangement of, 161–62
Dayan, Devorah (mother), 2–3, 4, 5–7, 9, 11–12, 217; death and burial site of, 80, 214; mourning for son Zohar by, 30–31
Dayan, Moshe: antiquities/archaeological pursuits of, 44–45, 102–3, 106, 11–17, 150, 162–64, 189, 190, 191, 211, 217; attachment to mother of, 80, 217; background and early years of, 2–13; British imprisonment of, 20–22; children of, 15, 27 (see also individual children).; complex personality of, ix, 8, 18, 45–47, 52–53, 111–14, 210–11, 217–18; courage of, 9–10, 11, 13, 24–25; critics of, 52–53, 54, 55, 184, 185–86, 215, 218; death and funeral of, 214; on death’s meaning, 98; descriptions of, 47; diary of, 53–54, 126, 204, 205; divorce/remarriage of, 160–61, 162; economic views of, 113; education of, 7, 8–9, 110–11; Egyptian peace process and, ix, 194–207, 217; eulogy for Rothberg of, 74–76, 210; executive style of, 48; eye loss of, 4, 24–25, 26–27, 29–30; eyesight loss of, 209, 214; fame of, 13–14, 24, 102, 103–4, 112, 114, 115, 127; first marriage of, 14–16 (see also Dayan, Ruth); first meeting/longtime affair/marriage with Rachel of, 64, 110, 111, 161; Haganah and, 16–18, 19–25, 26, 28–29, 31, 34–36, 109; health problems of, 151, 208–9, 210, 211; iconic black eye patch of, 30, 71, 103, 215; injuries to, 13, 24–25, 26, 150–51, 162; Jewish settlements and, 117, 147–48, 160; last years of, 191, 208–14; leadership skills of, 10, 42–43; legacy of, ix, 215–18; Living with the Bible, 7, 190–91; memoirs of, 54, 97, 106, 109, 139, 154, 161, 170, 189–90; Milestones 189–90; military retirement of, 107–9, 110, 113; military skills of, 16–18, 19, 25, 35, 41, 109, 131, 135; personal life of, 99–101, 160–64, 191; political career of, 29, 52, 56, 110, 112–24, 147, 189–91, 209–10, 217–18; political right wing and, 145, 158, 159, 160, 184, 193, 194; popularity of, 120, 122–23, 126, 127, 135, 136, 139, 140, 159, 165; protests against, 184, 185–86, 187; recklessness of, 98, 122–23, 161; reprisal policy of, 59–61, 64–70, 73–74, 152, 158; state and security doctrine of, 70–71; Vietnam War reportage of, 123–24; War of Attrition and, 153, 154; War of Independence and, 31–36; Western Wall note of, 135; womanizing of, 64, 100, 111–12, 122–23, 161, 217. See also Sinai campaign; Six Day War; Yom Kippur War
Dayan, Rachel (second wife; formerly Rabinovich), 130, 150, 161, 191, 194, 204, 207, 208; Dayan’s first meeting with, 64; Dayan’s last years and, 209, 210, 211, 214; Dayan’s long-term affair with, 100–101, 161; Dayan’s marriage to, 161; Dayan’s womanizing and, 111, 123
Dayan, Ruth (first wife; née Schwartz), 20–22, 26, 27, 29, 37, 51, 63, 99–101, 124, 130, 133, 150, 191; background of, 13–14; continuation of marriage by, 100–101, 111; divorce of, 160–61, 162; kibbutz life and, 15–16; Rachel’s style contrasted with, 64, 211
Dayan, Shmuel (father), 1, 2, 3–7, 8, 9, 31, 80, 214
Dayan, Udi (Ehud; son), 27, 44, 100, 150; estrangement of, 161–62
Dayan, Yaël (daughter), 15, 21, 51–52, 110, 111, 133, 150, 151, 214; closeness with father of, 99–100, 161; father’s extramarital affairs and, 111, 112, 122–23; on father’s last years and lifestyle, 210–11; on mother’s divorce reasons, 161
Dayan, Zohar (brother), 6, 80, 214; death of, 30–31
Dean, Patrick, 90
Defense Ministry, 52, 57–64, 115, 215; Ben-Gurion and, 57, 58, 63; Dayan and, viii, 59, 126, 127–40, 141, 143, 159, 166, 174–75, 182, 185–89; Eshkol and, 119; Peres and, 191
Deganya and Deganya Bet, 1, 2, 3–5; battle (1948) for, 31–32
Desai, Moraji, 195
Dothan, Trude, 162–64
Dulles, John Foster, 66, 68, 104
Eban, Abba, 66, 101, 102, 104–5, 115, 183
Egypt, 58–69, 70–77, 125; air force of, 66, 128, 129–30, 132; antiquities looting from, 202; attacks against Israel by, 58–62, 73–74, 97–98, 151–54; Ben-Gurion’s vs. Dayan’s tactical approach to, 68–69, 70; Czech arms aid to, 61–64, 71; Israeli border with, 41, 42, 106–7, 155, 156, 157; Israeli interim agreement (1975) with, 191; Israeli peace treaty (1979) with, 207, 217; Israeli reprisals against, 61, 64–67, 68; Israeli sleeper spy cell in, 56–57, 58, 116, 118; Palestinian militants backing by, 151; Soviet arms aid to, 151, 153, 154, 166, 169; War of Attrition and, 151–54, 155. See also Sinai campaign; Six Day War; Suez Canal; Suez crisis; Yom Kippur War
Egyptian-Israeli peace process, ix, 135, 144, 194–207; Blair House Conference and, 204–7; breakdown in preliminary talks and, 200; Camp David and, 202–6; Dayan book project on, 210; Dayan saving formula for, 206–7, 217; Palestinian issues and, 198, 200–201, 202–3, 211–12; treaty signing (1979) and, 207, 217
Eilat, Straits of, 42, 54, 79, 82, 105, 120; Egyptian blockade of, 60, 65, 66; open shipping and, 106, 159
El Alamein, battle of (1942), 27, 104
El Arish, 91, 95, 104, 134, 192; deep-water port near, 160
Elazar, David (Dado), 129, 137–38, 139–40; Yom Kippur War and, 166–68, 170–73, 177, 184; Yom Kippur War inquiry and, 186, 187
English language, 8, 14, 15, 21, 45
Entebbe airport rescue, 191–92
Eshkol, Levi, viii, 112, 115, 119, 121, 122; Dayan’s overshadowing of, 136, 138–39; occupied territories plan of, 147; Six Day War and, 126–27, 128, 137, 138–39
Exodus SS, 33
Express (magazine), 103
Falk, Avner, 217
fedayeen, 59, 60–61, 62, 73–74, 97–98, 106
Foreign Ministry, 38, 51, 72, 76; Allon and, 191; Dayan and, ix, 40, 52–53, 184, 194–96, 211; Meir and, 78, 115; Sharatt and, 66
France, 22–24, 103–4, 128; Israeli arms deal with, 63, 76–80, 82–84; Suez crisis and, 79, 82–84, 86–88
French Socialist Party, 76–77
Friedman, Varda, 59
Galilee, Sea of, 1, 4, 46, 67–68, 171; Israeli water project, 118
Galili, Israel, 147, 159–60, 164, 171
Galili Document (1973), 160
Gamasy, Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-, 183
Gardosh, Karel (Dosh), 119
Gaza Strip, 12, 72, 104–7, 133, 145, 162–64; Egypt and, 42, 58–62, 65, 73–74, 89, 158; Egyptian-Israeli peace process and, 201; immigrant settlements and, 43–44, 59, 72; Israeli occupation of, ix, 142, 147, 155, 159; Palestinians in, 72, 73, 75, 106, 129, 155, 203; U.N. border buffer force and, 106. See also Sinai campaign
Gazit, Shlomo, 47–48, 53–54, 145–46, 149
Gefen, Israel, 30
General Staff (Israel Defense Forces), 62, 127–28; Dayan as chief of, viii, ix, 19, 56–57, 61, 63, 68, 69, 107, 109; Elazar as chief of, 140, 164; Rabin as chief of, 126, 138
General Zionist Party, 118
Geneva Conference (1973), 183, 195–96, 198
Geva, Joseph, 148
Givat Shimron (kibbutz), 15–16, 17, 80; Dayan’s burial at, 214
Glubb, John Baggot, 80
Golan Heights, 139–40, 160; Israeli occupation of, viii, 159; Syrian control of, 129, 158; Yom Kippur War and, 166, 171–73, 175
Gonen, Shmuel, 186
Great Britain, 62, 102–3, 104, 200–201; Dayan’s officer training in, 45; Dayans’ wedding trip to, 14–15; Sinai campaign and, 86–87, 90; Suez crisis and, 79, 80, 82–84, 85, 87–88, 90, 93–99; White Paper (1939) of, 19. See also British Army; British Mandate
Greater Israel movement, 148, 158
Gush Emunim, 192
Gush Etzion, 34
Ha’aretz (newspaper), 173–74
Haganah, 11, 16–36, 109; Irgun Zvai Leumi split from, 28–29, 32–33. See also Palmach
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 71, 73–74, 76
Harel, Yossi, 33
Harkavi, Yehoshafat, 39, 64, 77–78
Hassan II, king of Morocco, 195, 199
Haya (Dayan schoolmate), 8–9
Hebrew language, 2, 7, 12, 190
Hebrew University, 110–11, 134; Arab violence and, 80–81
Hebron, 12, 136–37; Jewish settlement test case in, 148
Herut Party, 118
hijackings, 151, 152, 157, 191–92, 200
Hod, Moti, 131
Holy Sepulcher church, 132
Hot Sands (book), 122
Hussein, king of Jordan, 86, 127, 132, 151, 157, 195
immigration, vii, viii, 49, 56, 59, 79, 117; British halt to, 16, 18, 19, 28; first Zionist wave of, 2–3; large-scale (1949–52), 43–44, 46; undercover, 28; War of Independence and, 32. See also Jewish settlements
India, 195
Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL), 20, 28–29, 32–33, 37
Israel, ancient, 17, 44. See also Land of Israel
Israel, State of: Arab economic boycott of, 54; archaeological mounds of, 44–45; arms deals and, 63, 66, 67–68, 76–80, 83–84; bi-national state prospect for, 144, 145; birth (1948) of, vii, 171; “defensible borders” goal of (see borders); Egyptian peace process and, ix, 135, 144, 194–207; first prime minister of, 34; independence proclamation (1948) of, 31; Middle East balance of power and, 63; political struggles (1974–77) in, 191–94; religious groups and, 192, 209; Sadat’s visit to, 198–99; territorial expansion of (see occupied territories); threat (1973) to survival of, 171–72. See also Arab-Israeli conflict
Israel Defense College, 119
Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 38–57; armistice affairs and, 40; Beirut airport raid by, 157; Dayan and, viii, ix, 40, 41, 42–57, 63; Dayan’s retirement from, 107–9, 110–11, 113; Dayan’s transformation of, 48–49, 216; Egyptian aggression and, 59–62, 65, 68–79; Egyptian spy cell and, 56–57; establishment of, 32; influx of French arms to, 78; Lebanese incursion by, 200; in occupied territories, 146, 212; Sinai withdrawal and, 102–6; Syrian incursion and, 67–68. See also General Staff; Northern Command; Southern Command; specific campaigns and wars
Israel Defense Fund, 71
Israel Freedom Fighters (LEHI; aka the Stern Gang), 36
Israeli Air Force (IAF), 61, 128, 130, 131, 153; Yom Kippur War losses, 169, 171
Israel Museum, 164
Israel Workers List Party. See Rafi Party
Jackson, Elmore, 61
Japan, 68
Jarring, Gunnar, 154
Jerusalem, 12, 18; Arab-Jewish passage within, 142–43; Dayan command post in, viii, 34, 36–41; demilitarized zone of, 132; division of, vii–viii, 37–38, 40; East Jerusalem annexation to, 142, 147; holy sites of, 132, 134, 135–37, 142; Jewish elite of, 13–14; Old City of, 132, 134, 135, 138, 144, 163; peace process and, 203, 204–5; Sadat’s visit to, 198–99
Jewish Brigade, 62
Jewish National Fund, 5
Jewish Settlement Police, 16, 17–18, 19
Jewish settlements (occupied territories), 156, 160, 191, 203, 209, 212, 216; Dayan’s approval of new, 117, 147–48, 160; Egyptian-Israeli peace process and, 202; Gush Emunim religious group and, 191; Hebron (1968) test case for, 148
Johnson, Lyndon B., 128
Jordan, 59, 85–86, 87, 141, 175, 212; Dayan’s diplomacy with, 37–40, 41; Egyptian pact (1967) with, 127; Israeli borders with, 42–43, 55, 143, 155; Israeli ceasefire (1970) and, 154, 155; Israeli War of Independence and, 33, 34–35, 36; Jerusalem and, viii, 37–38, 40, 132; Palestinian militants in, 80–82, 149, 151; PLO expulsion from, 157; Six Day War and, viii, 129, 132, 133, 136; West Bank control and, 38, 40–41, 50
Jordan River, viii, 1, 12, 38, 40, 46, 129, 132, 147, 148, 166; Israeli surveillance system along, 149; Israeli water-channeling project and, 118; as Israel’s natural eastern border, 40, 136, 141, 143, 155, 159, 191, 217; Palestinians’ passage over, 141–43. See also East Bank; West Bank
Jordan Valley, 4–5, 12, 38, 149, 151; Jewish settlements in, 160
Kadesh plan (1956), 84, 89, 91
Kamal, Muhammad Ibrahim, 200
Karameh, battle of (1968), 149–50
Katzir, Ephraim, 183
kibbutzim, 1–5, 15, 43, 52, 73, 75, 112, 117; first in Palestine, 2
Kibiya massacre, 50–51, 58, 59, 80
King Abdullah Bridge, 141
Kissinger, Henry, 168, 176, 177–78, 179–80, 181–83, 191
Knesset, 113–15, 118, 121, 183, 193, 212–13; Dayan’s seat in, 120, 123, 133, 189, 209–10; Sadat’s address to, 198
Kurdistan immigrants, 43–44, 59, 72
Labor Party, 147, 159–60, 183, 184, 187, 193, 194, 210
Labor Unity Party (Ahdut Ha’Avodah), 29, 119
Lacoste, Robert, 77
Lahav, Pinchas, 173
Land of Israel, 144, 171–72, 212; as biblical homeland, 190–91, 194, 217; Greater Israel movement and, 148, 158
Laski, Harold, 14
Laskov, Chaim, 62, 64, 72, 79, 108, 184
Lavie, Naphtali, 173, 192, 195, 196
Lavon, Pinchas, 52, 57, 116, 118
Lebanon, 22–25, 26; Palestinian terrorists in, 151, 157–58, 200
Leeds conference, 200–201, 202
LEHI. See Israel Freedom Fighters
Levinger, Rabbi Moshe, 148
Libya, 22
Liddell Hart, Basil, 104
Life (magazine), 136
Likud Party, 184, 193–94, 195, 209, 210, 211
Lions’ Gate (Jerusalem), 135
Lloyd, Selwyn, 89
Lod Airport, 50
London School of Economics, 14, 15
Ma’alot-Tarshiha school hostages, 187–88
Mafalsim kibbutz, 61
Maisel, Hannah, 8
Mapai Party, 29, 52, 110, 112–16, 118–21, 127, 131, 147, 159
Mapam Party, 129
Marcus, David, 33
Mart, Zalman, 23
Marwan, Ashraf, 167
Mass, Danny, 34
Matalon, Neora, 47, 53–54, 114–15, 119, 120, 189–90; A Good Spot on the Side 47
Meir, Golda, 78, 83, 115, 120, 147, 154, 182, 183; Dayan relationship with, 159, 164, 184, 187, 202, 217; on Kissinger’s peace efforts, 181; kitchen gatherings of, 156; resignation of, viii, 187; Yom Kippur War and, 167, 168, 172, 174–76, 179, 184–85
Mitla Pass, 89; battle of, 95–96, 99
Montgomery, Bernard, 104
Morris, Leah, 116–17
moshavim, vii, 2–8, 11–12, 15; as border defense, 71–72; Dayan’s agriculture policies and, 117; Egyptian attacks on, 59; new immigrants and, 43–44, 56, 117
Mount Carmel, 44
Mount of Olives, 134, 135, 144
Muslim holy sites, 137
Nahalal, vii, 5–15, 18, 22, 27, 30, 37, 138, 161, 214, 216
Naj Hammadi Bridge, 153
Nasser, Gamal Abdul, 58–60, 85, 86–88, 90, 167, 215–16; Algerian rebellion and, 77, 78; death of, 154; Gaza campaign and, 73–74; pan-Arabism of, 58, 67; Six Day War and, 127; Soviet influence and, 61–62, 64, 153; Suez Canal nationalization by, 79–80, 87; War of Attrition and, 151, 153–54
Natanson, Philip, 56
National Religious Party, 209
National Renewal Movement. See Telem Party
Negev Desert, 12, 52, 126, 203; water channeling to, 118
New York Times, 123–24
Ninio, Marcelle, 57
Nixon, Richard, 153, 176, 179, 182
Noam (Dayan’s driver), 47, 82, 98
North African campaign (1942), 22, 27
Northern Command (Israel Defense Forces), 45–46, 50; Golan Heights and, 129, 137–38, 171, 172–73, 175
occupied territories, viii, ix, 101, 102, 141–48; Allon Plan for, 147; Dayan and Begin on, 193, 194; Dayan’s policies for, 137, 144–46, 155–56, 216; Egyptian-Israeli peace process and, 201, 203; future of, 194; Israeli politics and, 159–60; new Jewish settlements in (see Jewish settlements).; See also Gaza Strip; Golan Heights; Palestinians; West Bank
Operation Danny, 34
Operation Musketeer. See Suez crisis
Operation Susannah, 56–57, 116
Orde Wingate, Charles, 18
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, 182
Palestine, 4, 9–12, 16–28; first wave of Zionist immigrants to, 2, 3; Jewish independence proclamation and, 31–32; partition of, 29, 30–31; World War II and, 22–25, 26–27. See also Israel, State of Zionism
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), viii, 149–50, 151, 157–58, 212
Palestinians: autonomy issue and, 155, 203, 209, 211–12, 216; Dayan’s view of, ix, 5, 8, 13, 14, 23, 24, 141–49, 155, 158, 209, 211–12, 216–17; economic activity of, 146; Egyptian-Israeli peace process and, 198, 200–203, 207, 211–12; Gaza refugee camps and, 72, 73, 75, 106, 129; Karameh resistance and, 149–50; murders and robberies (1953) by, 49, 50–51; occupied territory governments and, 145–46; self-determination of, viii, ix, 5, 10, 144, 145, 146, 201, 207, 212, 217
Palestinian terrorism, 144, 146, 149, 151, 165; Entebbe airport rescue and, 191–92; Hebron attack and, 80–82; Lebanese refugee camps and, 157–58; school hostages and, 187–88; Tel Aviv bus hijacking and, 200. See also Fatah fedayeen; Palestinian Liberation Organization
Palmach, 22–25, 27–30, 33, 35, 50, 164
Patish (moshav), 59
Peled, Benny, 171
Peres, Shimon, 29, 82, 83, 115, 121, 147, 191, 192; French arms deal and, 63, 77–78, 79; Sinai campaign and, 87, 88, 90
Petrie, Flinders, 103
Pineau, Christian, 76, 77, 88–90
PLO. See Palestinian Liberation Organization
Public Forum for Political and Social Questions, 211, 213
Qina Bridge, 153
Rabin, Yitzhak, 28, 53, 140, 187, 188–89, 191; resignation of, 192; Six Day War and, 126, 128, 129, 131, 133–34, 135, 137, 139, 140
Rabinovich, Rachel. See Dayan, Rachel
Rafah Junction, 59, 66, 82, 94–95, 102, 147; deep-water port and, 160; Jewish settlement at, 148, 155; settlement dismantling at, 202
Rafi Party, 121, 122, 126, 147
Ramat Yohanan kibbutz, 30
Resolution 181 (U.N.), 30
Rogers, William, 154
Rouleau, Eric, 149
Royal Air Force (Britain), 86, 94
Rubinstein, Elyakim, 195
Sadat, Anwar, 154, 156–57, 165–66, 178, 182; assassination of, 211; Jerusalem visit of, 198–99; peace process and, 202–4, 206, 207
Sadeh, Yitzhak, 17, 19, 22, 31, 32, 147
Samaria, 18, 38, 132, 143, 144
Samson (biblical), 205
Santa Katharina monastery, 202
Sapir, Pinchas, 120
Sasson, Eliahu, 38–40
Saul, King (biblical), 205
Schocken, Gershom, 173–74
Schwartz, Ruth. See Dayan, Ruth
Schwartz, Zvi, 13–14
Schweitzer, Avraham, 121
Sde Boker kibbutz, 52, 55–56, 57
settlements: border harassment of, 85–86, 138; Zionist tower-and-stockade method, 18–19. See also Jewish settlements; kibbutzim; moshavim
Seventh Armored Brigade (Israel), 93, 94–95
Sèvres summit conference (1956), 87–89, 90, 91, 92, 93
Shapira, Yaakov-Shimshon, 184
Sharett, Moshe, 40, 52–55, 57, 78, 126; arms campaign of, 66, 67–68; moderation of, 59, 61, 67
Sharm el-Sheikh, 65, 66, 91, 96, 97, 101, 125, 162; Israeli withdrawal from, 104, 105; Jewish settlements and, 148, 156, 160; settlement dismantling and, 202; as Six Day War objective, 129, 134, 135
Sharon, Ariel, 50–51, 53, 61, 67, 81, 82, 86, 126; disobedience of orders by, 97; Sinai campaign and, 95–97; Yom Kippur War and, 171, 176, 177
Shiloah, Reuven (formerly Zaslani), 27, 38
Shoval, Zalman, 211
Sinai campaign (1956), ix, 65, 86–97, 99, 102, 109, 126; British-French Suez strategy linked with, 88–90; buildup to, 57–69, 70–84, 85–90; Dayan book on, 120; Dayan’s fame from, 103–4, 127; Egyptian agreement violations (1967) and, 125–26; French munitions and, 78; successful conclusion of, 96, 101
Sinai Desert, 160
Sinai Peninsula, 42; Egyptian-Israeli peace process and, 201, 202; Egyptian troop deployment (1967) in, 126; Israeli occupation of, viii, 67, 97, 130–36, 154, 165; Israeli withdrawal (1956) from, 104–5; U.N. Emergency Force in, 101, 102, 106, 107
Six Day War (1967), 125–40, 159, 161, 164, 216; ceasefire lines and, 144, 145; conquered territories of (see occupied territories); Dayan’s acclaim from, 135, 136, 140; Dayan’s autobiography on, 190; Egyptian defeat in, 140, 147, 151; Egyptian provocation of, 125–26; end of, 140, 147; iconic image of, 135; as Israeli surprise, 129–31; Israel’s major objective in, 129; Israel’s victory, viii, ix; Rabin’s military importance to, 140; Syrian front advocates, 129, 134, 137–38; territorial expansion from, viii, 141–54, 155–56; U.N. ceasefire and, 138
Sixth Fleet (U.S.), 179
Smilansky, Yizhar (nom de plume), 114
Southern Command (Israel Defense Forces), 42–45, 93, 97; Six Day War and, 126, 133, 134–35; Yom Kippur War and, 172, 175–76, 177, 186
Soviet Union, 97, 139, 164, 183; Egyptian arms aid and, 62–63, 151, 153, 166; Egyptian-Israeli peace process and, 195, 196, 197, 198; Syrian ties with, 129, 138, 139, 151, 166; U.S. détente with, 168; Yom Kippur War and, 178, 179
Stern Gang. See Israel Freedom Fighters
Suez Canal, viii, 95, 96, 129, 165, 182, 199; Bar-Lev Line and, 152–53, 156–57, 169–70, 171, 185, 199; blockage of Israeli passage through, 54, 60; Egyptian missiles repositioning at, 154; international passage through, 155, 156, 178, 182, 191; Israeli military approach to, 133, 136; Israeli withdrawal from, 155, 156, 178, 180; Nasser nationalization of, 79–80, 87; Yom Kippur War and, 154, 169, 171, 172, 175, 176, 177, 178
Suez crisis (1956), 79–80, 82–84, 86–98; Israeli Sinai strategy and, 92; Sèvres summit and, 87–89, 90, 91, 92. See also Sinai campaign
Syria, 22, 23, 46, 67–68, 151; Israeli War of Independence and, 31–32; Six Day War and, viii, 129, 134, 137–40; Soviet ties with, 129, 138, 139, 151, 166; Yom Kippur War and, 166, 171, 172–73, 175. See also Golan Heights
Tal, Abdullah al-, 37–38
Tal, Israel, 126
Tel Aviv, 12, 16, 33, 34, 38, 59, 74, 111, 200
Telem Party, 211
Tet Offensive (1968), 124
Teveth, Shabtai, ix–x
Tiran, Straits of, 65, 125, 129, 135
Tokan, Qadri, 145
tomato farming, 117–18
Tomb of the Patriarchs (Hebron), 136–37
United Jewish Appeal, 182
United Nations, 37, 39, 43, 51, 139; Dayan address to, 196; Egyptian-Israeli ceasefire, 62; Egyptian-Israeli tensions and, 72, 73, 76; Jerusalem headquarters of, 36, 37, 132; Jewish independent state and, 31, 32, 40; partition of Palestine by, 30; Sinai ceasefire, 96, 101, 102, 104; Sinai Emergency Force, 101, 102, 106, 107; Six Day War ceasefire, 134, 135, 138; War of Attrition ceasefire, 154; Yom Kippur War ceasefire, 176, 177, 178, 179–80
United States, 51, 53, 62–63; Dayan trips to, 33, 182, 195–97; Israeli-Egyptian peace process and, 195–98, 199, 200–207; Israeli relations and, 66, 68, 76, 97, 101, 165, 179–83; Israeli Sinai gains and, 101, 102, 104–5; Six Day War diplomacy and, 128, 130; Soviet détente with, 168; Vietnam War and, 123–24; War of Attrition and, 153–54; Yom Kippur War and, 176, 177–80, 181–84, 191
Uriah the Hittite (biblical), 111
Vance, Cyrus, 196, 197, 201, 202, 205
Veimars Conference, 78
Vietnam War, 123–24
Wadi Ara (Nahal Iron), 38–39
Wahsh (Dayan’s Bedouin friend), 8, 13, 14, 216
War of Attrition (1968–70), 151–56
War of Independence (1948), vii–viii, 19, 31–36, 48, 54, 92, 215; armistice and, 46, 59, 72, 158; celebrated battle of, 35–36; Israeli borders and, 40–41, 42, 59, 104, 144, 158; Israeli-Jordanian peace negotiations and, 38–40; Jerusalem and, vii–viii, 37, 132, 144; Suez Canal and, 60
Weizman, Ezer, 126, 134, 140, 193, 199, 200, 202, 204, 205
Weizmann, Chaim, 14
West Bank, 155, 203; Dayan’s meetings with mayors of, 145; as defensible border, 38, 40–41, 158; Egyptian-Israeli peace process and, 201; Israeli occupation of, viii, ix, 141–42, 159; Palestinian life in, 146; Palestinian violence and, 50–51
Westmoreland, William, 123–24
West Point (U.S.), 33
White Paper of 1939 (Britain), 19
Wilson, Woodrow, 212
World War II, 22–25, 26–27, 30, 62, 88
World Zionist Organization, 14, 18–19, 29
Yaakobi, Gad, 213–14
Yamit (deep-water port), 160
Yishuv, 30
Yoffe, Avraham, 126
Yom Kippur War (1973), viii, 140, 162, 165–80; aftermath of, 184–87; Arab oil embargo and, 176, 182; Bar-Lev Line collapse and, 169–70, 171; critics of Dayan and, 184, 185–87; Dayan’s pessimism and failures of, 170–71, 173–74, 199; Egyptian gains from, 181, 182; Egyptian-Syrian surprise attack and, 167, 168, 184; Geneva Conference on, 183, 195–96; Israeli blunders and, viii, ix\, 153, 157, 159, 168–70, 184–86; Kissinger’s diplomacy and, 179–80, 181–83; prelude to, 155–60, 165–66; separation of forces agreement and, 183–84; U.N. ceasefire and, 178, 179
Zadok, Chaim, 127
Zaslani, Reuven (later Shiloah), 27, 38
Ze’ira, Eliahu, 186
Zemer, Hannah, 173
Zionism, vii, 1–3, 6, 8, 10, 11–25, 117, 218; immigration waves and, 2, 3, 28; land settlement approach of, 15, 18–20; Twenty-second Zionist Congress, 29. See also Haganah