What happened to Israeli military thought?

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-732

  Kober, Avi ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

History based military theory; Israeli military thought; Practical soldiers

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; CULTURAL RELATIONS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84855847640     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: 1743937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2011.561109     Document Type: Article

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