TY - JOUR
T1 - Moshe Dayan in the Yom Kippur War
T2 - a Reassessment
AU - Shamir, Eitan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to reassess the widespread accepted criticism of Moshe Dayan’s functioning as defense minister towards and during the 5 Yom Kippur War. Now that most of the archival documents have been opened to public view, we can better assess his performance during the war. This reassessment changes the picture: Dayan did not collapse, and the professional opinions he expressed were generally sound when accounting for the information available to him; however, there is no doubt that he allowed his subordinates to see his disturbed emotions and shook their confidence–a failure of leadership.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to reassess the widespread accepted criticism of Moshe Dayan’s functioning as defense minister towards and during the 5 Yom Kippur War. Now that most of the archival documents have been opened to public view, we can better assess his performance during the war. This reassessment changes the picture: Dayan did not collapse, and the professional opinions he expressed were generally sound when accounting for the information available to him; however, there is no doubt that he allowed his subordinates to see his disturbed emotions and shook their confidence–a failure of leadership.
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U2 - 10.1080/02684527.2021.1946954
DO - 10.1080/02684527.2021.1946954
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AN - SCOPUS:85109727567
SN - 0268-4527
VL - 36
SP - 1035
EP - 1052
JO - Intelligence and National Security
JF - Intelligence and National Security
IS - 7
ER -