Israel's Materialist Militarism

Yagil Levy, PhD, is External Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

• Chapter 1: Theoretical Introduction - The Essence and Dynamics of Materialist MilitarismChapter 2: The Republican Equation and Its ViolationChapter 3: The Continuation of Oslo by the al-Aqsa IntifadaChapter 4: The War of the PeripheriesChapter 5: From "People's Army" to "Market Army"Chapter 6: The "Embedded Military" and the Implementation of the Disengagement PlanChapter 7: The Second Lebanon War: The "Gap of Legitimacies" SyndromeChapter 8: Conclusions: Why Materialist Militarism Matters

Yagil Levy astutely brings together previously unconnected ideas about citizenship and rewards to military service. He thus produces a novel, persuasive account of how and why Israeli popular support for military actions against neighbors changes from one military engagement to the next.