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Author Ben-Ari, Eyal, 1953- author.

Title Mastering soldiers : conflict, emotions, and the enemy in an Israeli military unit / Eyal Ben-Ari
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 1998
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 159 pages) : illustrations
Series New directions in anthropology ; v. 10
New directions in anthropology ; v. 10.
Contents MASTERING SOLDIERS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; INTERLUDE 1: THE TENOR OF MILITARY LANGUAGE; 1. THE MILITARY, ANTHROPOLOGY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; INTERLUDE 2: CAMARADERIE AND FELLOWSHIP; 2. THE UNIT: AN INFANTRY BATTALION; INTERLUDE 3: ACTION, FEAR, AND FIGHTING MEN; 3. A MODEL OF COMBAT: SOLDIERING AND EMOTIONAL CONTROL; INTERLUDE 4: IN THE FIELD; 4. THE MODEL IN USE: THE BATTALION AND OTHER UNITS; INTERLUDE 5: SOLDIERING THE INTIFADA; 5. ENEMIES; INTERLUDE 6: A LETTER TO THE MEN; 6. MODELS OF MOTIVATION; INTERLUDE 7: THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN OFFICERS AND MEN
7. CIVILIAN LIVES: EMOTIONS, CONTROL, AND MANHOODINTERLUDE 8: STRAIGHT TALK AND FEELINGS; 8. CONCLUDING CONSIDERATIONS; EPILOGUE: MY ISRAELI MILITARY: A DISAPPEARING WORLD?; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; APPENDIX III; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-151) and index
Notes Print version
Subject Sociology, Military -- Israel
Experiential learning -- Israel
Armed Forces -- Military life
Armed Forces -- Reserves
Experiential learning
Sociology, Military
SUBJECT Israel -- Armed Forces -- Reserves
Israel -- Armed Forces -- Military life
Subject Israel
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97042089
ISBN 1782389334
9781782389330
Other Titles Conflict, emotions, and the enemy in an Israeli military unit