A Restless Mind - Essays in Honor of Amos Perlmutter (Hardcover)

Amos Perlmutter has devoted his academic career to the study of comparative politics, international relations and modern authoritarianism. He has written 14 books and more than 70 articles in academic journals. He has also been a prolific contributor to newspapers in the United States and abroad and offered commentary on TV and radio shows.
Contents: Part 1 Introduction: The Restless Mind in its Element: The Study of Civil-military Relations and the Analysis of Politics in Israel Gabriel Ben-Dor. Part 1 Israeli Society and Politics: Messianism, Utopia and Pessimism in the 1950s: A Study of the Critique of the 'Ben-Gurion State' Yaacov Shavit. Military-civilian Elite Networks in Israel: A Case Study in Boundary Structure Daniel Maman and Moshe Lissak. Israel: The Shift from Self-reliance Efraim Inbar. Eban and Israeli Foreign Policy: Diplomacy, War and Disengagement Michael Brecher. The Hebron Massacre and the Problems of Intelligence Gabriel Ben-Dor. Part 3 The Middle East: Heroes and Knaves ofthe Kuwait Crisis Daniel Pipes. Demography as a Military Constraint: The Case of Saudi Arabia Jacob Goldberg. Part 4 Civil-military Relations: The Role of External Forces in Supporting Ethno-religious Conflict David C Rapoport. Spanish Praetorianism Revisited Stanley G Payne. Ideological and Military Factors in the Rise and Retreat of Totalitarianism Stanislav Andreski. Part 5 Miscellaneous: The Ukranian Pogroms during the Russian Civil War Richard Pipes. The Gains and Costs of Non-Lethal Warfare George H Quester. The Qualitative Revolution, or Why the Next World Order will be Better than its Predecessors Max Singer and Aaron Wildavsky.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1996
First published:	1997
Editors:	Benjamin Frankel
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-7146-4607-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7146-4607-5
Barcode:	9780714646077

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