Generals in the cabinet room
Subtitle: how the military shapes Israeli policy
By: Yoram Peri.
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781929223817; 9781929223824
Subjects: Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel -- Political activity; Civil-military relations -- Israel; Israel -- Politics and government -- 1993-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Civil-military relations in Israel; title: The geostrategic transformation of the 1990s; title: The political arm of the military; title: The modus operandi of the military; title: The democratic putsch of 1999; title: The IDF confronts a new Intifada; title: Sharon's double-headed government; title: Political-military relations in low-intensity conflict; title: The tragedy of CGS Ya'alon; title: The chief of staff as a political actor; title: Is it a just war?; title: Conscientious objection; title: Who won the Intifada?; title: Israel's security culture; title: Camp David and the Intifada-what went wrong?; title: Conclusion: the IDF-sword or olive branch?