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Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics

Between Battles and Ballots: Israeli Military in Politics

By Yoram Peri

Cambridge University Press, 1983, 344 pp.

A sociologist's view of a highly political question, taking issue with conventional descriptions of civilian-military relations in Israel. It shows convincingly, with many examples, how progressively and thoroughly the Israeli Defense Forces have been involved in party politics, and vice versa.