| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Part I. The historical and theoretical context -- Part II. Normalization mechanisms in Israeli culture, 1967-1973 |
| Summary |
While many scholars have tried to explain why Israel was caught unawares despite its sophisticated military intelligence services, Dalia Gavriely-Nuri looks beyond the military, intelligence, and political explanations to a cultural explanation. Israeli Culture on the Road to the Yom Kippur War reveals that the culture that evolved in Israel between the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War played a large role in the surprise. Gavriely-Nuri's analysis provides new and innovative insights into the relationship between culture and socio-political phenomena and security |
| Notes |
"The sudden eruption of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 took Israel--and the world--by surprise. While many scholars have tried to explain why Israel was caught unawares despite its sophisticated military intelligence services, Dalia Gavriely-Nuri looks beyond the military, intelligence, and political explanations to a cultural explanation. Israeli Culture on the Road to the Yom Kippur War reveals that the culture that evolved in Israel between the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War played a large role in the surprise. Gavriely-Nuri lays out the cultural environment at the time to show that an attack of any kind would have been experienced as a strategic surprise despite the amount of intelligence available"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
National characteristics, Israeli -- Political aspects
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National characteristics, Israeli -- Social aspects
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Israel-Arab War, 1973 -- Causes
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Political culture -- Israel -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Political culture
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Social conditions
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War -- Causes
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Israel
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780739185957 |
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0739185950 |
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1306536723 |
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9781306536721 |
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