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;53 years ago (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

1. Sadeh military literature prize to be awarded, Greer Fay Cashman, Sept. 4, 2001, Jerusalem Post
2. Yisrael Galili Center for Defence Studies
3. Published by the Ghetto Fighters' House, 1979/80; English edition: 1981
4. "Books" (in Hebrew). Galili Institute for Research of the Defense Force. Retrieved 2010-04-13.