Title: Fortress Israel : the inside story of the military elite who run the country--and why they can't make peace /
Authors: Tyler, Patrick.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Prime ministers Israel Biography.; Politicians Israel Biography; Generals Israel Biography; Civil-military relations Israel; Arab-Israeli conflict Influence.; Israel Politics and government
Contents: Murder in Tehran -- Ben-Gurion : the origins of militarism -- The destruction of Israel's second prime minister -- Suez Crisis : Ben-Gurion goes to war -- Israel as "detonator" -- The rise of the generals -- Six-Day War : the military revolts -- War as policy : Nasser and the PLO -- The high price of militarism : Yom Kippur -- Rabin : from general to prime minister -- Begin : a peace to enable war -- The Sabra Caesar : Sharon in Lebanon -- Protecting the ruling elite -- Intifada : the intimate enemy awakes -- Peace strategy : the new Yitzhak -- Oslo : wary generals waging peace -- Bibi against the military elite -- Barak : the arrogance of power -- Sharon : the last campaign against Arafat -- At wit's end : killing the paraplegic preacher -- Olmert : putting Lebanon back twenty years -- War (on Syria) war (on Gaza) war (on Iran?).