The Military in the Service of Society and Democracy: The Challenge of the Dual-Role Military

by Daniella Ashkenazy

Overview

This volume examines civil-military relations in general and nonmilitary functions in the service of society and democracy in particular in six different nations, against the backdrop of the Israeli experience with a dual-role military. Since its inception, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has functioned as a very effective fighting force while also fulfilling many core nonmilitary roles as a powerful, educational, and remedial agent engaged in strengthening the fabric of Israeli society. The inner workings of the IDF in this area—the subject and dynamics of its broad social agenda, including the dilemmas inherent in education toward broad intellectual autonomy within a regimented system such as the military—are presented, for the first time before a non-Israeli audience, in detail (and with much candor) by both high echelon IDF personnel and junior officers in conscript service directly responsible for carrying out these missions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313290046
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/1994
Series:	Contributions in Military Studies , #15
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

DANIELLA ASHKENAZY is a freelance jourbanalist who writes for the print media in both Israel and abroad. Intimately acquainted with Israel's complex social fabric, her social and political commentary and in-depth articles appear in some of Israel's leading papers and periodicals, including the Jerusalem Post and Davar. The editor is currently engaged in an independent study of the IDF as an educational agent in society.

Table of Contents

Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Interface between the IDF and Israeli Society
The Permeable Boundaries between Civilians and Soldiers in Israeli Society by Moshe Lissak
The IDF Structural Model by Reuven Gal
Public Attitudes towards the IDF (November, 1989) by Lilach Mivorach
Attitudes toward Military Service among Israeli Youth by Ofra Mayseless
Attitudes of Israeli Inductees toward Military Service by Avraham Carmeli
A Preparatory Program for Military Service by Moshe Israelashvili
Reserve Battalion Commanders' Perception of Their Role by Menachem Lazar
The IDF Education Corps: An Overview
Military, Democracy, and Education by Ehud Gross
The Hasbarah Branch of the IDF Education Corps by Natan Eitan
The Cultural Branch of the IDF Education Corps by Dorit Novack
The IDF: Dilemmas of an Army in the Service of Democracy
Changing Civil-Military Relations in Six Countries
New Developments in European Security and Defense Policy by Neils Hansen
Society's Soldiers: Regulars and Reserves in the United States by Thomas C. Wyatt
Nation-Building through Conscript Service in Singapore by Elizabeth Nair
Nonmilitary Functions of the Military in a Democratic State: The French Case by Bernard Boene
British Civil-Military Relations in the 1990s by Stephen Deakin
The Role of the Military in the Disintegration of Yugoslavia by Anton Bebler
The German Concept of the "Citizen in Uniform" by Jurgen Oelrich
Armed Forces and Society in Germany: A Complex Affair by Friedrich W. Steege
MAKAM—The IDF Center for the Advancement of Special Populations: Army in the Service of Society
Mainstreaming Marginal Populations through Military Service by Daniella Ashkenazy
Soldiers as Social Workers: What Do They Say?
Civil-Military Relations in a State of Flux
Military and Society in the Year 2000
Conclusion
Recommended Reading List
Index

Editorial Reviews

. . . a valuable contribution to the growing body of literature on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).” —Joint Force Quarterly

“This collection of essays is candid, revealing, and thought-provoking.” —Naval Institute Proceedings

“A must for a military sociology library. I found the editor's chapter on 'mainstreaming marginal populations through military service' especially valuable.” —The International Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society Newsletter

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