Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics

by Yoram Peri

Book Overview

The protracted Arab-Israeli war and the central importance of security to Israel have given a major role to senior military personnel. Yoram Peri, a former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, demonstrates in this book that state control over the military in Israel has been weak, and a pattern of civil-military partnership has emerged. This changing relationship involved the inner rivalries of Israel's Labour Party in particular. Clashes and accommodation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521244145
• ISBN13: 9780521244145
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"