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An Army Like No Other

Author : Haim Bresheeth-Zabner
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788737849
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book An Army Like No Other written by Haim Bresheeth-Zabner and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the IDF that argues that Israel is a nation formed by its army. The Israeli army, officially named the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), was established in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, who believed that 'the whole nation is the army'. In his mind, the IDF was to be an army like no other. It was the instrument that might transform a diverse population into a new people. Since the foundation of Israel, therefore, the IDF has been the largest, richest and most influential institution in Israel's Jewish society and is the nursery of its social, economic and political ruling class. In this fascinating history, Bresheeth charts the evolution of the IDF from the Nakba to the continued assaults upon Gaza, and shows that the state of Israel has been formed out of its wars. He also gives an account of his own experiences as a young conscript during the 1967 war. He argues that the army is embedded in all aspects of daily life and identity. And that we should not merely see it as a fighting force enjoying an international reputation, but as the central ideological, political and financial institution of Israeli society. As a consequence, we have to reconsider our assumptions on what any kind of peace might look like.

The Israel Defense Forces

Author : Louis Williams
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595143539
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Israel Defense Forces written by Louis Williams and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-09-29 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insiders view of the Army of Israel, its structure, its men and women and its most memorable actions.

Shield of David

Author : Yigal Allon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Shield of David written by Yigal Allon and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1970 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book] is not a study in depth of the growth of Israel's armed forces, nor is it a historical analysis of the military doctrines which those forces developed. It is rather a sketch, a profile of the people and events which moulded first the resistance movement and then the army of the Jewish State"--Author's note.

Mission Command in the Israel Defense Forces

Author : Gideon Avidor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940771762
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Mission Command in the Israel Defense Forces written by Gideon Avidor and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Surrounded

Author : Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804769788
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Surrounded written by Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated 3,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel currently volunteer to serve in the Israeli military, a force fighting other Palestinians just miles away in occupied territories. Surrounded takes a close look at this controversial group of soldiers, examining the complex reasons these people join the army and the wider implications of their decisions in terms of security and citizenship. Most observers perceive a clear and powerful divide in the political tensions and open hostilities between the State of Israel and the Palestinian people, but often fail to notice those who straddle this divide—Palestinian citizens of Israel. These soldiers comprise no more than half a percent of this population, but their stories provide a powerful vantage point from which to consider a question faced by all Palestinians in Israel: to what extent are they, in fact, Israeli? Surrounded contains over seventy interviews with soldiers, and provides a unique glimpse of their conflicting experiences of acceptance, integration, and marginalization within the Israeli military. Concluding with comparisons to similar situations around the world, the book upends nationalist understandings of how wars and those who fight in them work. A key to a more complex understanding of ethnic conflict, this gripping and revealing look at a select group of soldiers will immensely alter ideas about the reasons why people choose to fight, particularly on "the wrong side" of a war.

Israel and Its Army

Author : Stuart A. Cohen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134146418
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Israel and Its Army written by Stuart A. Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-01-24 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed examination of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), one of the worlds most complex military forces. Stuart Cohen analyzes the strategic, societal and organizational aspects of the IDF, identifying the key changes occurring in Israel‘s military framework, and exploring their potential implications.

Studies in Generalship

Author : Meir Finkel
Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 0817924760
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Generalship written by Meir Finkel and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commander, or chief of staff, of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is a prominent public figure in Israel. His decisions, advice, and persona are held in high regard by Israel's public and leadership, and have indirect impacts on social, economic, and foreign affairs. But until now, an in-depth study on the role and performance of the IDF's chiefs of staff has been sorely absent. In this study, Meir Finkel offers a robust and original comparative perspective on the IDF chiefs of staff throughout modern Israel's history, examining their conduct in six key areas: identifying change in the strategic environment, developing familiarity with all military domains, managing crises with wartime generals, rehabilitating the army after a botched war, leading a transformation in force design, and building relationships with the political echelon. The challenging and critical role of the chief of staff demands profound knowledge and authority in a vast and diverse range of fields. By providing a perspective that the IDF's known history has lacked until now, Finkel gives insights that may assist current and future high-rank leaders worldwide in carrying out their important work and offers lessons to students everywhere of strategy, military history, and military transformation.

Fortress Israel

Author : Patrick Tyler
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429944471
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Fortress Israel written by Patrick Tyler and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit," writes the prizewinning journalist Patrick Tyler in the prologue to Fortress Israel. "They carry the military identity for life, not just through service in the reserves until age forty-nine . . . but through lifelong expectations of loyalty and secrecy." The military is the country to a great extent, and peace will only come, Tyler argues, when Israel's military elite adopt it as the national strategy. Fortress Israel is an epic portrayal of Israel's martial culture—of Sparta presenting itself as Athens. From Israel's founding in 1948, we see a leadership class engaged in an intense ideological struggle over whether to become the "light unto nations," as envisioned by the early Zionists, or to embrace an ideology of state militarism with the objective of expanding borders and exploiting the weaknesses of the Arabs. In his first decade as prime minister, David Ben-Gurion conceived of a militarized society, dominated by a powerful defense establishment and capable of defeating the Arabs in serial warfare over many decades. Bound by self-reliance and a stern resolve never to forget the Holocaust, Israel's military elite has prevailed in war but has also at times overpowered Israel's democracy. Tyler takes us inside the military culture of Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu, introducing us to generals who make decisions that trump those of elected leaders and who disdain diplomacy as appeasement or surrender. Fortress Israel shows us how this martial culture envelops every family. Israeli youth go through three years of compulsory military service after high school, and acceptance into elite commando units or air force squadrons brings lasting prestige and a network for life. So ingrained is the martial outlook and identity, Tyler argues, that Israelis are missing opportunities to make peace even when it is possible to do so. "The Zionist movement had survived the onslaught of world wars, the Holocaust, and clashes of ideology," writes Tyler, "but in the modern era of statehood, Israel seemed incapable of fielding a generation of leaders who could adapt to the times, who were dedicated to ending . . . [Israel's] isolation, or to changing the paradigm of military preeminence." Based on a vast array of sources, declassified documents, personal archives, and interviews across the spectrum of Israel's ruling class, FortressIsrael is a remarkable story of character, rivalry, conflict, and the competing impulses for war and for peace in the Middle East.

Key to the Sinai

Author : George Walter Gawrych
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Key to the Sinai written by George Walter Gawrych and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Weapon Wizards

Author : Yaakov Katz
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250088348
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Weapon Wizards written by Yaakov Katz and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lively account of Israel's evolving military prowess...if The Weapon Wizards were a novel, it would be one written by Horatio Alger; if it were a biblical allegory, it would be the story of David and Goliath." —The New York Times Book Review From drones to satellites, missile defense systems to cyber warfare, Israel is leading the world when it comes to new technology being deployed on the modern battlefield. The Weapon Wizards shows how this tiny nation of 8 million learned to adapt to the changes in warfare and in the defense industry and become the new prototype of a 21st century superpower, not in size, but rather in innovation and efficiency—and as a result of its long war experience. Sitting on the front lines of how wars are fought in the 21st century, Israel has developed in its arms trade new weapons and retrofitted old ones so they remain effective, relevant, and deadly on a constantly-changing battlefield. While other countries begin to prepare for these challenges, they are looking to Israel—and specifically its weapons—for guidance. Israel is, in effect, a laboratory for the rest of the world. How did Israel do it? And what are the military and geopolitical implications of these developments? These are some of the key questions Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot address. Drawing on a vast amount of research, and unparalleled access to the Israeli defense establishment, this book is a report directly from the front lines.

Krav Maga Weapon Defenses

Author : David Kahn
Publisher : Ymaa Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781594392405
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (924 download)

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Download or read book Krav Maga Weapon Defenses written by David Kahn and published by Ymaa Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a training guide to krav maga weapon defenses, and includes information on weapon awareness training, control holds, defense against continuous attacks, and hostage situations.

The Israeli Military and the Origins of the 1967 War

Author : Ami Gluska
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134163770
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Israeli Military and the Origins of the 1967 War written by Ami Gluska and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-02-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book looks at the relationship between the Israeli armed forces, the government, and the origins of the 1967 War. Ami Gluska discusses the effect of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Israel’s defense policy between 1963-1967 against the backdrop of the developments in the Middle East. In addition, he describes in detail the decision-making process leading to the Arab-Israeli Six Day War in June 1967 through the prism of the relations between the military and political echelons. He shows how the Six Day War was a watershed event in the Middle-Eastern conflict and had a profound effect on the development of the Palestinian problem and the character of the State of Israel over the past four decades. This book will be of great interest to students of Middle Eastern politics, strategic studies, Israeli politics and military history in general.

We Were Caught Unprepared

Author : Matt M. Matthews
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437923046
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book We Were Caught Unprepared written by Matt M. Matthews and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The fact that the outcome of the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli War was, at best, a stalemate for Israel has confounded military analysts. Long considered the most professional and powerful army in the Middle East, with a history of impressive military victories against its enemies, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) emerged from the campaign with its enemies undefeated and its prestige tarnished. This historical analysis of the war includes an examination of IDF and Hezbollah doctrine prior to the war, as well as an overview of the operational and tactical problems encountered by the IDF during the war. The IDF ground forces were tactically unprepared and untrained to fight against a determined Hezbollah force. ¿An insightful, comprehensive examination of the war.¿ Illustrations.

The Israeli Army, 1948-1973

Author : Edward Luttwak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Israeli Army, 1948-1973 written by Edward Luttwak and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Accidental Soldier

Author : Dorit Sasson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631520358
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Accidental Soldier written by Dorit Sasson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When nineteen-year-old Dorit Sasson realized she had no choice but to distance herself from her neurotic, worrywart of a mother in order to become her own person, she volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces--and found her path to freedom.

The Albatross of Decisive Victory

Author : George W. Gawrych
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Albatross of Decisive Victory written by George W. Gawrych and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2000 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1967, the Israeli Defense Forces defeated the combined armies of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in a mere six days. This remarkable military accomplishment would, however, have the ultimate effect of creating an albatross around the neck of the Israeli Army, as Israelis would now expect the next conventional war with the Arabs to achieve similar results: a quick, decisive victory with relatively few casualties. Although Egyptian forces were militarily inferior to those of Israel, President Anwar Sadat developed a successful limited war strategy designed to exploit this unrealistic expectation. Rather than aiming to achieve a military victory or to seize strategic terrain, Sadat merely sought to break a diplomatic stalemate with a major military operation designed to soften Israeli intransigence toward negotiations and to force a change in U.S. foreign policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. In support of these political aims, the Egyptian Armed Forces set out to discredit the Israeli Army's prowess by inflicting heavy casualties in a limited war. Sadat's success in regaining the entire Sinai without another armed struggle holds an important lesson for the United States. After its dramatic victory in Desert Storm, American armed forces feel compelled to win the next conventional war quickly, decisively, and with relatively few casualties, much like the challenge that faced Israel after the 1967 war.

Golani Commando

Author : Elon Perry
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9781476685281
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Golani Commando written by Elon Perry and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elon Perry joined the Israel Defense Forces as a teenager in 1975--one of many young Israelis who reluctantly entered military service in an adult war--and was enrolled in an elite commando unit of the decorated Golani Brigade. Covering 28 years of compulsory reserve duty through the 1976 Operation Entebbe, the 1982 Lebanon War, antiterrorism operations and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, his frank, reflective memoir describes the grueling Golani training regime--described by many as "Mission Impossible"--and contrasts the exhilaration of high-risk operations in enemy territory with a disdain for war, its moral dilemmas and its victories.