| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 294 pages) |
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BESA studies in international security, 1368-9541 |
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BESA studies in international security. 1368-9541
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| Contents |
Towards a postmodern military? / Charles Moskos -- Addition, multiplication, and step-function: the "arithmetic" of military revolution in modern times / John Gooch -- The postmodern military: conscription or professionalism / Fabrizio Battistelli -- Trends in the political control of post-Cold War armed forces / Bernard Boëne -- Technology and supreme command / Eliot A. Cohen -- Why don't they fight each other?: cultural diversity and operational unity in multinational forces / Efrat Elron, Boas Shamir and Eyal Ben-Ari -- Women in the military: gain or regression? / Martin Van Creveld --Re-establishing the force: the revolution in military affairs in the human resource and leadership systems / Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. and Leonard Wong -- The dilemma of the military Judge-Advocate General / Menachem Finkelstein -- The media and the military: from collusion to collision / Yoram Peri -- The social construction of Israel's "national security" / Baruch Kiimerling -- The scroll or the sword?: tension between Judaism and military service in Israel / Stuart A. Cohen -- Democracy, internal war, and Israeli security / Steven R. David |
| Summary |
These papers are an edited selection from the BESA conference of 1998. They present an overview of transformations in societal-military relations in the western world, and the specific manifestations in Israel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Armed Forces
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Militärsoziologie
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Militär
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Krijgsmacht.
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Militaire politiek.
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Forces armées -- Congrès.
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Israel -- Armed Forces
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Israel
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Israel
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Israël -- Forces armées -- Congrès.
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Ramat Gan <1989>
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cohen, Stuart, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9781136330001 |
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1136330003 |
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