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Autore |
Levy Yagil |
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Israel’s Death Hierarchy : Casualty Aversion in a Militarized Democracy / / Yagil Levy |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2012] |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Collana |
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Warfare and Culture ; ; 4 |
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Soggetti |
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Civil-military relations - Israel |
Casualty aversion (Military science) - Israel |
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Israel Military policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface from the Series Editor -- Introduction -- 1 The Right to Protect and the Right to Protection -- 2 Unbalancing and Balancing the Rights -- 3 Bereavement-Motivated Collective Actors -- 4 Bereavement-Motivated Collective Actors: A Comparison -- 5 The Death Hierarchy -- 6 Casualty Sensitivity Breeds High Lethality -- 7 Casualty Sensitivity and Political-Military Relations -- 8 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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2012 Winner of the Shapiro Award for the Best Book in Israel Studies, presented by the Association for Israel StudiesWhose life is worth more?That is the question that states inevitably face during wartime. Which troops are thrown to the first lines of battle and which ones remain relatively intact? How can various categories of civilian populations be protected? And when front and rear are porous, whose life should receive priority, those of soldiers or those of civilians? In Israel’s Death Hierarchy, Yagil Levy uses Israel as a compelling case study to explore the global dynamics and security implications of casualty sensitivity. Israel, Levy argues, originally chose to risk soldiers mobilized from privileged classes, more than civilians and other soldiers. However, with |
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