Israeli Military and Israels Palestinian Policy From Oslo to the Al Aqsa Intifada

An analysis of the evolving role of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Israel's policy process. Here Peri breaks new ground by explaining clearly & persuasively how the current political-mil. partnershipÓ has come about -- how an initially strong tradition of civil authority over the mil. has evolved under the growing pressures of prolonged low-intensity warfare, interspersed with brief but violent episodes of major conventional war, into this new model. Peri's analysis includes many arresting accounts of struggles among various mil. actors to handle the demanding, multiple roles played by the IDF in Israel's nat. security system, a system & tradition that grew de facto out of more than 59 years of national experience of living under a permanent state of siege.Peri, Yoram is the author of 'Israeli Military and Israels Palestinian Policy From Oslo to the Al Aqsa Intifada' with ISBN 9780756729844 and ISBN 075672984X.