Böcker av Stuart A. Cohen

Soldiering, which for almost two millennia was almost entirely foreign to Jewish thought and practice, has by virtue of universal conscription become a rite of passage to citizenship in the Jewish state. For practicing orthodox Jews in Israel that change generates dilemmas that are intellectual as well as behavioural.

Analyzes the strategic, societal and organizational aspects of the (Israeli Defence Force) IDF, identifying the key changes occurring in Israel's military framework, and exploring their potential implications.

The Jewish national revival of our times has stimulated scholarly interest in the historical origins and manifestations of Jewry's distinctive traditions of constitutional thought and political action. This study is a contribution to that enquiry.