Ze'ev Schiff

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Ze'ev Schiff
זאב שיף
Sokolov Prize
(1975)

Ze'ev Schiff (Hebrew: זאב שיף‎; 1 July 1932 – 19 June 2007)[1] was an Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Haaretz.

Schiff moved to Mandatory Palestine with his family in 1935. He studied Middle Eastern affairs and military history at Tel Aviv University.[2]

Schiff wrote numerous books, including Israel's Lebanon War and Intifada, both with

Ehud Ya'ari, and A History of the Israeli Army: 1874 to the Present. He also served as a military correspondent in Vietnam, the Soviet Union, Cyprus and Ethiopia
. Schiff won several prizes, including the Sokolov Journalism Prize, the Amos Lev Prize, and the Sarah Reichenstein Prize.

He joined the

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
.

Schiff died in 2007 in Tel Aviv.[3]

Published works

  • Wings over Suez (the Israeli Air Force during the War of Attrition), 1970.
  • A History of the Israeli Army: 1870–1974. Simon and Schuster. 1974. .
  • War of Deception (1982 Lebanon War), 1984.
  • Intifada. Simon And Schuster. 1990. )
  • October earthquake: Yom Kippur 1973. Transaction Publishers. 2013. .

References

  1. ^ Lawrence Joffe (22 July 2007). "Ze'ev Schiff". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2014. Obituary.
  2. ^ Isabel Kershner (21 June 2007). "Obituary: Zeev Schiff, Israeli writer and military analyst". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ^ Oren, Amir; Harel, Amos (June 20, 2007). "Haaretz Defense Editor Ze'ev Schiff Dies at 74". haaretz.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

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