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Author Geller, Randall S., 1969- author.

Title Minorities in the Israeli military, 1948-58 / Randall S. Geller.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2017.

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Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents David Ben-Gurion and the dilemma of Arab service in the Israel Defense Forces -- The background to and formation of the Minorities Unit in 1948 -- Druze and Jews after the transition to statehood, fall 1948 to early 1949 -- The Druze and the state, 1949-53, culminating in a short-term Druze conscription plan -- An abortive effort to draft the entire Arab population, 1954 -- The Druze draft, 1956 -- The rise and demise of a Christian Arab unit -- Bedouin service in the IDF, 1948-57 -- The recruitment and conscription of the Circassian community into the Israel Defense forces, 1948-58.
Summary This study examines majority-minority relations in Israel during the state's formative decade through the prism of its military forces. It analyzes how the leadership balanced its disparate commitments and argues that the state's social, political, and strategic decisions regarding non-Jewish minorities reverberate to the present.
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Subject Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel -- Minorities.
Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
Minorities.
Israel -- Armed Forces -- Minorities.
Israel.
Armed Forces.
Minorities -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Sociology, Military -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.
Sociology, Military.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Armed Forces -- Minorities.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Geller, Randall S., 1969- Minorities in the Israeli military, 1948-58. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2017 9781498541657 (DLC) 2017023157
ISBN 9781498541640 (electronic book)
149854164X (electronic book)
9781498541657 (electronic book)
1498541658 (electronic book)
9781498541633 (cloth ; alkaline paper)