Overview

This volume examines civil-military relations in general and nonmilitary functions in the service of society and democracy in particular in six different nations, against the backdrop of the Israeli experience with a dual-role military. Since its inception, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has functioned as a very effective fighting force while also fulfilling many core nonmilitary roles as a powerful, educational, and remedial agent engaged in strengthening the fabric of Israeli society. The inner workings of the IDF in this area--the subject and dynamics of its broad social agenda, including the dilemmas inherent in education toward broad intellectual autonomy within a regimented system such as the military--are presented, for the first time before a non-Israeli audience, in detail (and with much candor) by both high echelon IDF personnel and junior officers in conscript service directly responsible for carrying out these missions.

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Author:   Daniella Ashkenazy
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 153.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.548kg
ISBN:  

9780313290046

ISBN 10:   0313290040
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 April 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction The Interface between the IDF and Israeli Society The Permeable Boundaries between Civilians and Soldiers in Israeli Society by Moshe Lissak The IDF Structural Model by Reuven Gal Public Attitudes towards the IDF (November, 1989) by Lilach Mivorach Attitudes toward Military Service among Israeli Youth by Ofra Mayseless Attitudes of Israeli Inductees toward Military Service by Avraham Carmeli A Preparatory Program for Military Service by Moshe Israelashvili Reserve Battalion Commanders' Perception of Their Role by Menachem Lazar The IDF Education Corps: An Overview Military, Democracy, and Education by Ehud Gross The Hasbarah Branch of the IDF Education Corps by Natan Eitan The Cultural Branch of the IDF Education Corps by Dorit Novack The IDF: Dilemmas of an Army in the Service of Democracy Changing Civil-Military Relations in Six Countries New Developments in European Security and Defense Policy by Neils Hansen Society's Soldiers: Regulars and Reserves in the United States by Thomas C. Wyatt Nation-Building through Conscript Service in Singapore by Elizabeth Nair Nonmilitary Functions of the Military in a Democratic State: The French Case by Bernard Boene British Civil-Military Relations in the 1990s by Stephen Deakin The Role of the Military in the Disintegration of Yugoslavia by Anton Bebler The German Concept of the ""Citizen in Uniform"" by Jurgen Oelrich Armed Forces and Society in Germany: A Complex Affair by Friedrich W. Steege MAKAM--The IDF Center for the Advancement of Special Populations: Army in the Service of Society Mainstreaming Marginal Populations through Military Service by Daniella Ashkenazy Soldiers as Social Workers: What Do They Say? Civil-Military Relations in a State of Flux Military and Society in the Year 2000 Conclusion Recommended Reading List Index"

Reviews

. . . a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). - Joint Force Quarterly This collection of essays is candid, revealing, and thought-provoking. - Naval Institute Proceedings A must for a military sociology library. I found the editor's chapter on 'mainstreaming marginal populations through military service' especially valuable. - The International Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society Newsletter

.,. a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on the Israel Defense (IDS). -Joint Force Quarterly

Author Information

DANIELLA ASHKENAZY is a freelance journalist who writes for the print media in both Israel and abroad. Intimately acquainted with Israel's complex social fabric, her social and political commentary and in-depth articles appear in some of Israel's leading papers and periodicals, including the Jerusalem Post and Davar. The editor is currently engaged in an independent study of the IDF as an educational agent in society.

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