雅科夫·多里

Yaakov Dori stood at the point where pre-state Jewish armed organization had to be turned into a national military during war. As the first Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, he faced the institutional problem of unifying disparate armed formations into a force capable of defending a new state during the 1948 war. Early military state-building is often more decisive than individual tactical episodes. He was connected to the creation of the IDF, the transition from Haganah structures to formal state command, and the centralization of armed power. Organizational consolidation in conflicts of independence is frequently as decisive as individual battles.