Biography Of Moshe Dayan

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

which greatly enhanced his reputation. He was, however,
blamed for Israel's unpreparedness in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and he
subsequently resigned (1974). Named foreign minister in Menachem Begin's
government in 1977, he played an important role in negotiating the peace
treaty with Egypt signed in 1979. Later that year he resigned in protest
against Begin's policies concerning the disputed West Bank territory.
Moshe Dayan made great contributions to the state of Israel. On May
18, 1948, Major Dayan, during Israel's War of Independence, successfully
defended a Jordan Valley sector against a much larger Syrian Army. On
October 29, 1956 General Dayan led his well-trained mechanized infantry and
armored columns into the Sinai peninsula and quickly routed four Egyptian
divisions. By the conclusion of the war in 1949, Dayan was a Major General
in charge of the Israeli Army's Southern command in Beersheba. In 1953
Dayan became the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Force. He ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE: