This edited book constitutes the first detailed attempt at a
comparative international analysis of the transformations that are
currently affecting the composition of the Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) and their place in Israeli society. Focusing primarily on
deviations from the traditional norm of universal military service,
the book compares the emergence of a new type of "citizen army" in
Israel with the formats that have in recent decades become evident
in other western democracies. In addition, these essays correct the
conventional tendency to concentrate almost exclusively on the
influences stimulating military institutional change in the West,
and thereby to overlook the equally important factors that retard
its momentum. By contrast, this volume deliberately highlights the
brakes as well as the accelerators in current processes, thereby
presenting a far more faithful picture of their complexity. This
book will be of much interest to students of Israeli politics,
military studies, Middle Eastern politics, security studies and IR
in general. Stuart Cohen is a senior research associate of the BESA
(Begin-Sadat) Center for Strategic Studies and also teaches
political studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His most recent
book is Israel and its Army: From Cohesion to Confusion (Routledge,
2008).
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
BESA Studies in International Security |
| Release date: |
April 2015 |
| First published: |
2010 |
| Editors: |
Stuart A. Cohen
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-87367-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-138-87367-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781138873674 |
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