Wars, internal conflicts, and political order : a Jewish democracy in the Middle East

Author(s)

• Barzilai, Gad

Bibliographic Information

Wars, internal conflicts, and political order : a Jewish democracy in the Middle East

Gad Barzilai

（SUNY series in Israeli studies）

State University of New York Press, c1996

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 277-289

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first comprehensive research study to analyze and explain the influence the prolonged Arab-Israeli conflict has had on Israel. It focuses on the manner in which all of the Israeli-Arab wars since 1949, including the Intifada and the Gulf War, have affected state and society in Israel. In addition, it examines the influences of other, more limited Israeli military operations. These subjects are investigated within a broad theoretical framework based on a critical analysis of the literature. The author suggests an analytic qualitative model for understanding wars and internal political order and makes significant corrections to paradigms that deal with political order and wars, from the Marxist paradigm to the liberal paradigm.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Part One: A Conceptual Framework 1. Democracies in Wars and Severe National-Security Crises: Theoretical and Comparative Aspects Part Two: A Developing Democracy During the First Stages of Nation-Building 2. The Suez Campaign: Ideological Rift, Preemptive War, and a Dominant Party 3. The Six-Day War: Political Crisis and War of Consensus Part Three: Polyarchy During Territorial Status Quo 4. Dissent and Consensus in the War of Attrition 5. The Power Illusion Smashed and National Security Affairs (Partly) Democratized 6. War of Initiative and Political Polarization 7. Israeli Society and Politics during the Gulf War 8. The Inter-Communal Conflict of the Intifada and the Israeli Regime (1987–93) Part Four: Book Findings in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective: From a Wartime Society to a Civilian Society 9. The Long-Term Effects of Wars and the Emergency Situation 10. Final Conclusions: Establishing a Civilian Society Notes Bibliography Subject Index Name Index

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• NCID: BA31843959
• ISBN:
  • 0791429431
  • 079142944X
• LCCN: 95037349
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 301 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS119.2
  • DC20 : 956.9405
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Israel -- History, Military
  • LCSH : Israel-Arab conflicts
  • LCSH : War and society -- Israel
  • LCSH : Politics and war
  • LCSH : Democracy -- Israel
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07040142