Yitzhak Sadeh Prize
| Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | finest book on a military topic |
| Country | Israel |
| Presented by | The Association for the Award of the Yitzhak Sadeh Prize |
| First award | 1972 |
| Website | https://palmach.org.il/amuta/itzhaksadeprize/  |
The Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature is an annual literary award given in Israel for the finest book on a military topic.[1] It is named in memory of Palmach founder Yitzhak Sadeh.
Winners
- 1976, The Emissary: The Life of Enzo Seren by Ruth Bondy
- 1980, In the Days of Destruction and Revolt by Zivia Lubetkin,[2][3] on the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
- 1984, To an Independent Jewish Army: The United Kibbutz in the Haganah 1939–1949 by Uri Brenner[4]
- 1985, Testimony Pages by Zvika Dror and members of Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot (The Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz)
- 1991, Platoon Commander's Pin by Yigal Shefi[4]
- 1993, The Resistance Boats: Illegal Immigration 1945–1948 by Nahum Bogner[4]
- 1995, First Signs of Armor by Amiad Brezner[4]
- 1998, Points of Strength: Settlement Policy in Order to Achieve Political and Security Goals Before the State and in Its Beginning by Osnat Shiran[4]
- 2002, Adjusting Sights by Haim Sabato
- 2006, Beaufort, by Ron Leshem, on the end of IDF combat in the 2006 Lebanon War
- 2014, Getting to Know Hamas by Shlomi Eldar
- 2018, War Lives, by Nitza Ben-Dov
References
- ^ Sadeh military literature prize to be awarded, Greer Fay Cashman, Sept. 4, 2001, Jerusalem Post
- ^ Yisrael Galili Center for Defence Studies
- ^ Published by the Ghetto Fighters' House, 1979/80; English edition: 1981
- ^ a b c d e "Books" (in Hebrew). Galili Institute for Research of the Defense Force. Retrieved 2010-04-13.