Struggling Over Israels Soul: An IDF General Speaks of His Controversial Moral Decisions
General Elazar Stern is a soldier and an intellectual. As a soldier he never stopped thinking, and as an intellectual he never stopped preparing. So his memoir is not a story of the past but a lesson for the future: how to win wars, how to lead soldiers, and how to remain a true believer in the Ten Commandments, which serve as the foundation of the Jewish heritage and history. --Shimon Peres, President of IsraelTo regard Elazar Stern's remarkable and moving memoir is to plunge into Israel s problems of loyalty and faith, individual morality and political considerations, religious education and the changing strategic necessities: he evokes them with sensitivity and gravity. I warmly recommend this volume to anyone interested in the dramatic and psychological dilemmas Israel is facing on many levels, to this day. --Elie Wiesel, author, Nobel Laureate