Israelas Death Hierarchy: Casualty Aversion in a Militarized Democracy

by Yagil Levy

Book Overview

2012 Winner of the Shapiro Award for the Best Book in Israel Studies, presented by the Association for Israel Studies

Whose life is worth more?

That is the question that states inevitably face during wartime. Which troops are thrown to the first lines of battle and which ones remain relatively intact? How can various categories of civilian populations be protected? And when front and rear are porous, whose life should...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814753345
• ISBN13: 9780814753347
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"