Israeli Society and Its Defense Establishment: The Social and Political Impact of a Protracted Violent Conflict

First Published in 1984. In this volume, the reader will find seven papers which deal with a broad spectrum of issues not necessarily confined to civil-military relations in their more limited and narrow definition. One will also find reference to the broader issues of the social, economic and political impact of the protracted violent conflict on Israeli society. The volume focuses more on the consequence of the actual management of the war rather than on the decision-making process proper.

About the Author

Moshe Lissak is now Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and was a research fellow at the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University and at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He has written extensively on civil-military relations in developing societies and in Israel; and on politics and social problems in Israel.