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Rethinking contemporary warfare : a sociological view of the Al-Aqsa Intifada

Ben-Ari, Eyal

2010

Overview

Examines the combat experience of Israel's ground forces in the Al-Aqsa Intifada in order to offer a set of innovative concepts for understanding irregular warfare. The combat experience of Israel's ground forces in the second Palestinian uprising, the Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–2006), is given full critical attention in this engaging study. Based on extensive interviews and observations, Rethinking Contemporary Warfare explores the ongoing debate about how the armed forces of industrial democracies wage contemporary military operations. Irregular warfare presents challenges, as routine activities can suddenly turn into violent action, forcing military forces to quickly adapt under the changing circumstances of the conflict. Such \"new wars\" are a messy reality consisting of high and low intensity conflict, the involvement of media and human rights movements, and the martial administration of civilian populations. Exploring the broad social and organizational features of these militaries, this volume sets forth new analytical tools to understand the peculiarities of irregular warfare in the post-Cold War era. These critical concepts include loose coupling between units, organizations that mediate between ground forces and civilian environments, and the militarization of civilian environments in urban warfare

• Publisher: SUNY Press,State University of New York Press
• Subject: 21st century / Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000 / Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000- -- Social aspects / Area Studies : Israeli Studies / Civilians / Combat / Combat -- Social aspects -- Israel -- History -- 21st century / Combat -- Social aspects -- West Bank -- History -- 21st century / Democracy / History / History : History / HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine / HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other) / Israel / Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʾel -- History -- 21st century / Mediation / Militarization / Military sociology / Palestinian Authority / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) / Politics and Law : Political Science / Post-Cold War / PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology / Public Policy : Public Policy / Social aspects / Social conditions / SOCIAL SCIENCE / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General / Sociology / Sociology : Sociobiology / Soldiers / Soldiers -- Israel -- Social conditions -- 21st century / Tseva haganah le-Yisrael / Urban areas / Urban warfare / Urban warfare -- Israel -- History -- 21st century / Urban warfare -- West Bank -- History -- 21st century / War and society / War and society -- Israel -- History -- 21st century / Warfare / West Bank
• ISBN: 1438431856, 9781438431840, 1438431848, 9781438431857, 1438431864, 9781438431864