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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459400903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-16956-X; 1-282-57593-7; 9786612575938; 0-203-86171-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: BESA studies in international security
• Altri autori (Persone): CohenStuart <1946->
• Disciplina: 355.0095694
• Soggetti: Civil-military relations - Israel; Military art and science; Electronic books.; Israel Armed Forces
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I Continuities and their manifestations; 1 The enduring citizen-soldier tradition in the United States; 2 Recruiting the all-volunteer force: Continuity and change in the British Army, 1963-2008; 3 The Royal Netherlands Army, 1814-2008: The rise and decline of a citizen army?; 4 Reversing the tide of Jewish history: Culture and the creation of Israel's "people's army"; Part II Change: Causes and constraints; 5 Operational and technological incentives and disincentives for force transformation; 6 Strategic and political factors preventing the shift from "citizen armies" to professional militaries7 Gender issues in the transformation to an all-volunteer force: A transnational perspective; 8 Conscription versus recruitment through markets: Economic considerations; 9 The officer corps in the all-volunteer army: The American experiment continues; 10 Up from the ashes: The re-professionalization of the Canadian armed forces after the "Somalia Affair"; Part III Israeli dilemmas and experiences; 11 Where will the women be?: Gendered ; implications of the decline of Israel's citizen army; 12 From the "citizen army" to the "market army": Israel as a case study13 Teaching citizens to be professional soldiers: IDF responses and their implications; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This edited book constitutes the first detailed attempt at a comparative international analysis of the transformations that are currently affecting the composition of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and their place in Israeli society. Focusing primarily on deviations from the traditional norm of universal military service, the book compares the emergence of a new type of ""citizen army"" in Israel with the formats that have in recent decades become evident in other western democracies. In addition, these essays correct the conventional tendency to concentrate almost exclusivel