Mastering Soldiers: Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Army Unit

by Eyal Ben-Ari

Book Overview

Studies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic study of an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Force is the only one of its kind. As an officer of this unit and a professional anthropologist, the author was ideally positioned for his role as participant observer. During the eight years he spent with his unit he focused primarily on such notions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571818383
• ISBN13: 9781571818386
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"