| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 148 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Understanding Israeli soldiers -- Israel: a militarized society -- Uprisings -- Soldiers as perpetrators -- Misbehaviour and violence -- Conclusion -- Studying soldiers -- Becoming or being a perpetrator -- Space, power, (mis)behaviour and morality -- Physical closeness and distance -- Constructed moralities in speech -- Moral disengagement and denial -- Perpetrators' accounts -- Conclusion -- Checkpoints, arrests and patrols: spaces of occupation -- Policing by soldiers: dirty work -- Checkpoints: obstruction of passage -- Arrests and 'straw widows': entering the private Palestinian domain -- Patrolling -- Conclusion -- Performing as occupiers: operational dynamics -- Routine -- Relations of power -- Tired, bored and scared: emotional, physical and cognitive numbing -- Anger, boredom, frustration and more: the emotional dimension -- Hot, cold and tired: the physical dimension -- Unclear categories and uncertainty: implications of the cognitive dimension -- Conclusion -- Blurring morals: the numbed moral competence of soldiers -- Moral professionalism -- Cognitive blurring -- Detachment: 'not thinking about it' -- Conclusion -- Morality in speech: discursive strategies of soldiers -- The minimization of moral agency -- Professionalism (miktsoayut) -- Bottom-up: soldiers' talk -- Strategic talk -- Ideology -- No need for explanation -- Critical voices: moral re-sensitizing -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- The systemic approach: taking the Israeli case outside of its borders. |
| Summary |
Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is dismissed by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals termed, "rotten apples." In this study, the author argues that this dismissal is unsatisfactory and that there is an urgent need to look at the (mis)behavior of soldiers from a structural point of view. When soldiers serve as an occupational force, they find themselves in a particular situation influenced by structural circumstances that heavily influence their behavior and moral decision-making. This study focuses on young Israeli men and their experiences as combat soldier |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-2005 -- Atrocities.
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Soldiers -- Israel -- Social conditions.
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Soldiers. |
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Israel. |
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Social conditions. |
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Soldiers -- Israel -- Moral conditions.
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Moral conditions. |
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Soldiers -- Israel -- Attitudes.
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Apathy.
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Apathy. |
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Military ethics -- Israel.
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Military ethics. |
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Military government -- Israel.
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Human rights -- Israel.
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Human rights -- West Bank.
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West Bank. |
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Human rights -- Gaza Strip.
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Military government. |
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Human rights. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel. |
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Gaza Strip. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Atrocities. |
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Soldiers -- Attitudes. |
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Soldiers -- Social conditions. |
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Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Grassiani, Erella. Soldiering under occupation. 1st ed. New York : Berghahn Books, 2013 9780857459565 (DLC) 2012032897 (OCoLC)809454962 |
| ISBN |
9780857459572 (electronic book) |
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0857459570 (electronic book) |
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9780857459565 |
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0857459562 |
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