An Army Like No Other How the Israel Defense Forces Made a Nation 1st Edition by Haim Bresheeth Zabner 1788737869 9781788737869

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ISBN-10 :  1788737869 

ISBN-13 :  9781788737869

Author: Haim Bresheeth Zabner 

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.

An Army Like No Other How the Israel Defense Forces Made a Nation 1st table of contents:

Part I: Israel’s Wars
1. The Origins of the IDF
2. The 1948 War
3. The 1956 War
4. The 1967 War
5. The 1973 War
6. Israel’s Longest War: Lebanon War, 1982–2000
7. Lebanon, 2006: Israel’s Failed War against Hezbollah
Part II: The Army and Its State
8. The Armed Settlements Project
9. The First Intifada and the Oslo Accords
10. Israel’s Military-Industrial Complex
11. The IDF Today
Part III: Conclusion: Whither Israel?
12. More Divided than Ever
13. Is Israel a Democracy?
Afterword: Can There Be Another Israel?

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