Fortress Israel : the inside story of the military elite who run the country and why they can't make peace / Patrick Tyler.
Tyler, Patrick.
2012
DS126.6.A2 T95 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Fortress Israel : the inside story of the military elite who run the country and why they can't make peace / Patrick Tyler.
Author Tyler, Patrick.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780374534004 pbk. alk. paper
9780374281045 alk. paper
0374281041 alk. paper
Imprint New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Language English
Description 562 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Call Number DS126.6.A2 T95 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 956.9405092/2
Summary "Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit," writes journalist Patrick Tyler. "They carry the military identity for life, not just through service in the reserves until age forty-nine ... but through lifelong expectations of loyalty and secrecy." The military is the country to a great extent, and peace will only come, Tyler argues, when Israel's military elite adopt it as the national strategy. Bound by self-reliance and a stern resolve never to forget the Holocaust, Israel's military elite has prevailed in war but has also at times overpowered Israel's democracy. Tyler takes us inside the military culture of Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu, introducing us to generals who make decisions that trump those of elected leaders and who disdain diplomacy as appeasement or surrender. So ingrained is the martial outlook and identity, Tyler argues, that Israelis are missing opportunities to make peace even when it is possible to do so.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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