The new citizen armies : Israel's armed forces in comparative perspective / edited by Stuart A. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Stuart, 1946-

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

BESA studies in international security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science.

Israel--Armed Forces.

Israel.

Armed Forces.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.

Civil-military relations--Israel.

Civil-military relations.

Military art and science--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Contents:

Part I Continuities and their manifestations 5

1 The enduring citizen-soldier tradition in the United States / Ronald R. Krebs Krebs, Ronald R. 7

2 Recruiting the all-volunteer force: continuity and change in the British Army, 1963-2008 / Christopher Dandeker Dandeker, Christopher 32

3 The Royal Netherlands Army, 1814-2008: the rise and decline of a citizen army? / Jan Hoffenaar Hoffenaar, Jan 48

4 Reversing the tide of Jewish history: culture 'nd the cre'tion of Isr'el's "people's 'rmy" / Stuart A. Cohen Cohen, Stuart A. 56

Part II Change: causes and constraints 75

5 Operational and technological incentives and disincentives for force transformation / Avi Kober Kober, Avi 77

6 Strategic and political factors preventing the shift from "citizen armies" to professional militaries / Gabriel Sheffer Sheffer, Gabriel, Oren Barak Barak, Oren 92

7 Gender issues in the transformation to an all-volunteer force: a transnational perspective / Michelle Sandhoff Sandhoff, Michelle, Mady Wechsler Segal Segal, Mady Wechsler, David R. Segal Segal, David R. 111

8 Conscription versus recruitment through markets: economic considerations / Yaacov Lifshitz Lifshitz, Yaacov 132

9 The officer corps in the all-volunteer army: the American experiment continues / Leonard Wong Wong, Leonard 144

10 Up from the ashes: the re-professionalization of the Canadian forces after the "Somalia Affair" / David J. Bercuson Bercuson, David J. 159

Part III Isr'eli dilemm's 'nd experiences 171

11 Where will the women be? Gendered implic'tions of the decline of Isr'el's citizen 'rmy / Orna Sasson-Levy Sasson-Levy, Orna 173

12 From the "citizen 'rmy" to the "m'rket 'rmy": Isr'el 's ' c'se study / Yagil Levy Levy, Yagil 196

13 Teaching citizens to be professional soldiers: IDF responses and their implications / Tamir Libel Libel, Tamir 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9780415565462

0415565464

9780203861714

020386171X

OCLC:

429475204

Publisher Number:

99936926023