ISRAEL: Life with Moshe

The amorous exploits of Israel's charismatic Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan, are almost as well known in Israel as his military victories. Through battlefield coups and bedroom conquests, Ruth Dayan, Moshe's wife for 36 years until their divorce in 1971, remained silent. Now she has come out with a poignant memoir, which has become an overnight bestseller in Israel, of her life with the famous warrior.

The book, an autobiography written with the help of Jerusalem Post Reporter Helga Dudman, is called ...Or Did I Dream a Dream? For most of its 275...

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