Tests of soldierhood, trials of manhood: Military service and male ideals in Israel

Military, State, and Society in Israel: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 239-267

  Ben Ari, Eyal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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