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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787875703321

Autore

Gavriely-Nuri Dalia

Titolo

Israeli culture on the road to the Yom Kippur War : the nemesis of victory / / Dalia Gavriely-Nuri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8595-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Disciplina

956.04/8

Soggetti

National characteristics, Israeli - Political aspects

National characteristics, Israeli - Social aspects

Israel-Arab War, 1973 - Causes

Political culture - Israel - History - 20th century

Israel Social conditions 20th century

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

Part I. The historical and theoretical context -- Part II. Normalization mechanisms in Israeli culture, 1967-1973.

Sommario/riassunto

While many scholars have tried to explain why Israel was caught unawares despite its sophisticated military intelligence services, Dalia Gavriely-Nuri looks beyond the military, intelligence, and political explanations to a cultural explanation. Israeli Culture on the Road to the Yom Kippur War reveals that the culture that evolved in Israel between the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War played a large role in the surprise. Gavriely-Nuri's analysis provides new and innovative insights into the relationship between culture and s