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03106aam a2200361 i 4500 001 8406ADDC1DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201103011456 008 191202s2020 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019054518 020 $a 1788737849 020 $a 9781788737845 035 $a (OCoLC)1110439687 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d VP@ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-is--- 050 00 $a UA853 I8 B75 2020 100 1 $a Bresheeth-Zabner, Haim, $d 1946- $e author. 245 13 $a An Army like no other : $b how the Israel Defense Force made a nation / $c Haim Bresheeth-ZÌabner. 264 1 $a London ; $b Verso, $c 2020. 300 $a xi, 425 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a PART I. ISRAEL'S WARS -- The Origins of the IDF -- The 1948 War -- The 1956 War -- The 1967 War -- The 1973 War -- Israel's Longest war: Lebanon War, 1982-2000 -- Lebanon, 2006: Israel's Failed War against Hezbollah -- PART II. THE ARMY AND ITS STATE -- The Armed Settlements Project -- The First Intifada and the Oslo Accords -- Israel's Military-Industrial Complex -- The IDF Today -- PART III. CONCLUSION: WITHER ISRAEL? -- More Divided than Ever -- Is Israel a Democracy? -- Afterword: Can There Be Another Israel? 520 $a "To understand Israel, you must first understand its army David Ben-Gurion, founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel, established that force in 1948 convinced that the 'whole nation is the army'. To his mind, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) would be an army like no other - not merely an instrument of military might but the institution that would transform a diverse, mostly immigrant population into a nation. Haim Bresheeth-Zabner, a writer, academic and Israeli peace activist, charts the evolution of the IDF from the days of the Nakba, through conflicts with Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq, to its ongoing assaults on the vulnerable Palestinian population, culminating in the continuing attacks on Gaza. As he shows, the IDF has been the largest, richest and most influential institution in Israel's Jewish society and the Alma Mater of its social, economic, and political ruling class. Today, it is embedded in all aspects of daily life and identity in Israel, including the vast military-industrial complex that drives the national economy. An Army like No Other is an unflinching exploration of the war-driven origins of the Israeli state as well as the on-going story of Israeli militarism."-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a Israel. $b Tseva haganah le-YisÌraʼel $x History $y 20th century. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bresheeth-Zabner, Haim, $t An Army like no other $d London ; New York : Verso, 2020. $z 9781788737869 $w (DLC) 2019054519 941 $a 3 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20240202022408.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211027010105.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105041135.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8406ADDC1DA411EBAAA0CA112BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search