Wars, internal conflicts, and political order
Subtitle: a Jewish democracy in the Middle East
By: Gad Barzilai.
Series: SUNY series in Israeli studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict.; War and society -- Israel.; Politics and war.; Democracy -- Israel.; Israel -- History, Military.
Description: This is the first comprehensive research study to analyze and explain the influence the prolonged Arab-Israeli conflict has had on Israel. It focuses on the manner in which all of the Israeli-Arab wars since 1949, including the Intifada and the Gulf War, have affected state and society in Israel. In addition, it examines the influences of other, more limited Israeli military operations. These subjects are investigated within a broad theoretical framework based on a critical analysis of the literature.

The author suggests an analytic qualitative model for understanding wars and internal political order and makes significant corrections to paradigms that deal with political order and wars, from the Marxist paradigm to the liberal paradigm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-289) and index.