Israel's materialist militarism / Yagil Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Yagil, 1958-

Series:

Innovations in the study of world politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel--Military policy.

Israel.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

ix, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

Israel's Materialist Militarism examines the decade of fluctuations in Israel's military policies: From the peace period of the Oslo Accords to the al-Aqsa Intifada, when the military's use of excessive force led to the collapse of the Palestinian Authority, and then on to the Second Lebanon War of 2006, which reversed the moderating tendencies of the withdrawal from Gaza a year earlier. These dynamics of escalation and de-escalation are explained in terms of materialist militarism, the exchange between social groups' military sacrifice and their social rewards, which in turn increases or decreases the level of militarism in society. Levy thus lays down a theoretical framework vital to tracing the fluctuating levels of militarism in Israel and elsewhere. Israel's Materialist Militarism is recommended for those interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict and military-society relations in general.

Contents:

1 Theoretical Introduction-The Essence and Dynamics of Materialist Militarism 1

2 The Republican Equation and Its Violation 29

3 The Continuation of Oslo by the Al-Aqsa Intifada 77

4 The War of the Peripheries 117

5 From "People's Army" to "Market Army" 147

6 The "Embedded Military" and the Implementation of the Disengagement Plan 181

7 The Second Lebanon War: The "Gap of Legitimacies" Syndrome 213

8 Conclusions: Why Materialist Militarism Matters 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index.

ISBN:

9780739119082

0739119087

9780739119099

0739119095

OCLC:

123377420