02598nam 2200517 450 991079775910332120230808212606.090-04-30686-210.1163/9789004306868(CKB)3710000000504663(EBL)4397601(SSID)ssj0001579222(PQKBManifestationID)16255484(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001579222(PQKBWorkID)13809202(PQKB)11461401(MiAaPQ)EBC4397601(nllekb)BRILL9789004306868(EXLCZ)99371000000050466320160616h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPractical soldiers Israel's military thought and its formative factors /by Avi KoberLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2016.©20161 online resource (210 p.)History of Warfare,1385-7827 ;Volume 107Description based upon print version of record.90-04-30653-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- 1 Military Thought and the Formative Factors Affecting It -- 2 Israeli Intellectual and Modern Focus -- 3 Systemic Formative Factors -- 4 Unit (State)-Level Factors -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.This book suggests a general framework for the analysis of formative factors in military thought and offers an account of the Israel Defense Force’s state of intellectualism and modernity. This account is followed by an attempt to trace the factors that have shaped Israeli military thought. The explanations are a mixture of realist and non-realist factors, which can be found at both the systemic and the state level of analysis. At the systemic level, realist evaluations focus on factors such as the dominance of the technological dimension and the pervasiveness of asymmetrical, low-intensity conflict; whereas at the state level one can find realist explanations, cultural factors, and societal influences. Moral and legal constraints also factor into both the systemic and state levels.History of warfare ;Volume 107.IsraelArmed ForcesHistory21st century355.03355694Kober Avi1485896MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797759103321Practical soldiers3705188UNINA