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Conscience at war : the Israeli soldier as a moral critic
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ISBN: 1438410980 0585043175 9780585043173 9780791427774 0791427773 9781438410982 9780791427781 0791427781 0791427773 0791427781 Year: 1996 Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press,

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A psychological study of the Intifada "refusers," focusing on the intellectual and moral challenges selective conscientious objection poses for resisters in Israel. Linn (School of Education, Haifa U.) uses the theories of Rawls, Walzer, Kohlberg, and Gilligan as a framework for understanding and interpreting interviews with objecting soldiers.


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Israeli counter-insurgency and the Intifadas : dilemmas of a conventional army
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ISBN: 9780415570121 9780415433884 9780203930694 020393069X 0415433886 020393069X 0429240481 9780429240485 1134079982 9781134079988 1281786543 9781281786548 9786611786540 6611786546 9781134079933 9781134079971 0415570123 Year: 2008 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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This volume analyzes the conduct of the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) counter-insurgency operations during the two major Palestinian uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2005) in the Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It employs primary and secondary resources to produce a comprehensive analysis on whether or not the IDF has been able to adapt its conventional conduct of warfare to the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian low-intensity conflict and achieve any sort of victory over the Palestinian insurgents. Sergio Catignani provides new insights into how conventional armies strugg


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A prophetic peace : Judaism, religion, and politics
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ISBN: 1283235978 9786613235978 0253005647 9780253005649 9780253356840 0253356849 9781283235976 6613235970 Year: 2011 Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press,

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Challenging deeply held convictions about Judaism, Zionism, war, and peace, Alick Isaacs's combat experience in the second Lebanon war provoked him to search for a way of reconciling the belligerence of religion with its messages of peace. In his insightful readings of the texts of Biblical prophecy and rabbinic law, Isaacs draws on the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber, among others, to propose an ambitious vision of religiously inspired peace.


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Israel's death hierarchy
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ISBN: 0814753353 9780814753354 9780814738337 0814738338 9780814753347 0814753345 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York New York University Press

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2012 Winner of the Shapiro Award for the Best Book in Israel Studies, presented by the Association for Israel StudiesWhose life is worth more?That is the question that states inevitably face during wartime. Which troops are thrown to the first lines of battle and which ones remain relatively intact? How can various categories of civilian populations be protected? And when front and rear are porous, whose life should receive priority, those of soldiers or those of civilians? In Israel’s Death Hierarchy, Yagil Levy uses Israel as a compelling case study to explore the global dynamics and security implications of casualty sensitivity. Israel, Levy argues, originally chose to risk soldiers mobilized from privileged classes, more than civilians and other soldiers. However, with the mounting of casualty sensitivity, the state gradually restructured what Levy calls its “death hierarchy” to favor privileged soldiers over soldiers drawn from lower classes and civilians, and later to place enemy civilians at the bottom of the hierarchy by the use of heavy firepower. The state thus shifted risk from soldiers to civilians. As the Gaza offensive of 2009 demonstrates, this new death hierarchy has opened Israel to global criticism.


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Soldier in the Sinai : a general's account of the Yom Kippur war
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ISBN: 081315331X 0813150817 9780813150819 1322059292 9781322059297 9780813150826 0813150825 9780813153315 9780813150802 0813150809 Year: 2014 Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,

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An intriguing and detailed evaluation of Israel's flawed defence, 'Soldier in the Sinai' offers a first-hand account of military strategy from a general who commanded a regular tank battalion that fought in the most desperate battles of the conflict. Based on extensive research, including interviews with the principal officers involved, this book provides a meticulous critique of the faulty assumptions and lack of planning that contributed to the disastrous early battles of the Yom Kippur War.


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Ethics as a weapon of war : militarism and morality in Israel
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ISBN: 1108261825 1108244580 1108259987 1108256589 1108231675 110825828X 1108415237 1108400973 110824629X 9781108256582 9781108231671 9781108400978 9781108415231 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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What role does ethics play in modern-day warfare? Is it possible for ethics and militarism to exist hand-in-hand? James Eastwood examines the Israeli military and its claim to be 'the most moral army in the world'. This claim has been strongly contested by human rights bodies and international institutions in their analysis of recent military engagements in the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. Yet at the same time, many in Israel believe this claim, including the general public, military personnel and politicians. Compiled from extensive research including interviews with soldiers, Eastwood unpacks the ethical pedagogy of the Israeli military, as well as soldier-led activism which voices a moral critique, and argues that the belief in moral warfare doesn't exist separately from the growing violence of Israel's occupation. This book is ideal for those interested in military ethics and Israeli politics, and provides crucial in-depth analysis for students and researchers alike.


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Hard fighting : Israel in Lebanon and Gaza
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ISBN: 9780833058508 0833058509 0833058533 9780833058539 Year: 2011 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA: RAND,

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Like Israel in 2006, the United States today is likely ill prepared for hybrid warfare. To identify lessons that the U.S. military might learn from the Israeli experience in Lebanon, the author examines the state of the Israeli military before the Second Lebanon War, the lessons it learned during that conflict, the reforms it undertook to address its deficiencies, and how it fared during Operation Cast Lead three years later.


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At the decisive point in the Sinai : generalship in the Yom Kippur War
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ISBN: 0813174244 0813169569 9780813169569 9780813169576 0813169577 9780813169552 0813169550 Year: 2018 Publisher: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky,

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The Yom Kippur War pitted Israel against Syria in the north and Egypt in the south in October 1973. Caught by surprise and surrounded by enemies, Israel relied on the flexibility and creative thinking of its senior field commanders. After Israeli forces halted the Egyptian troops on the Sinai Peninsula, Major General Ariel Sharon seized the opportunity to counterattack. He split the Egyptian army and cut off its supply lines in a maneuver known as Operation Stouthearted Men. Sharon's audacious, controversial decision defied his superiors and produced a major victory, which many believe helped win the war for Israel. This book is a firsthand account of the Yom Kippur War's most intense engagement by key leaders in Sharon's division.


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Four flags : the odyssey of a professional soldier
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ISBN: 9781911096818 1911096818 9781909982703 1909982709 Year: 2015 Publisher: Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Company,

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