National Review, May 11th, 1992
He was a flawed titan, and after decades of achievement his people chose to remember only the flaws. Starting his career as a modern-day Joshua, acclaimed for vanquishing Israel's enemies on every side, he finished it like Jeremiah, rejected and hated for urging a policy -autonomy for the Palestinians-his people abhorred.
The life of Moshe Dayan, third chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, is an extraordinary tale. A renaissance man, capable of astonishing kindness, understanding, and generous sensitivity toward others, including his enemies in battle, he was loathed by his own child...
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