“Our Best Boys”: The Gendered Nature of Civil-Military Relations in Israel

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-65

  Klein, Uta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

civil military relations; conflict; gender and military; Israel; Israeli Defense Forces; masculinity; military; siege mentality; war; Zionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990341426     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X99002001004     Document Type: Article

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