Lexington Books
Pages: 192
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-4985-1371-5 • Hardback • May 2015 • $93.00 • (£72.00)
978-1-4985-1372-2 • eBook • May 2015 • $88.00 • (£68.00)
Udi Lebel is associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ariel University.
Eyal Lewin is assistant professor at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science at Ariel University.
Chapter 1: Introduction Udi Lebel and Eyal Lewin
Chapter 2: The Combatants’ Protest after the Yom Kippur War and the Transformation of the Protest Culture in Israel Eithan Orkibi
Chapter 3: The Significance of the Yom Kippur War as a Turning Point in the Religious-Zionist Society Nissim Leon
Chapter 4: From Domination to Competition: The Yom Kippur War (1973) and the Formation of a New Grief Community Udi Lebel
Chapter 5: Not Just Intermediaries: The Mediatization of Security Affairs in Israel since 1973 Rafi Mann
Chapter 6: The 1973 War and the Formation of Israeli POW Policy: A Watershed Line? Alexander Bligh
Chapter 7: The 1973 War as a Stimulator in the Reshaping of Israeli National Ethos Eyal Lewin
The Yom Kippur War of 1973 was not only one of the most difficult that Israel has ever waged but was a shifting point for the country’s civil-military relations. This important volume analyzes these relations by tackling the key social actors that played a role in transforming the way politicians and leaders were appraised, in changing media representations of war and soldiering, in shaping how different social groups reacted to the conflict and in developing new forms of mourning and social memory of fallen soldiers. The book will be a very useful source for scholars and students wishing to understand the changes that contemporary Israel has undergone.
— Eyal Ben-Ari, Kinneret Center for Society, Security and Peace
A brilliant collection shedding fresh light on one the most traumatic events in Israel’s history. A must reading for anyone seeking to understand the changing nature of Israeli society in general, and its approach to regional reconciliation in particular.
— Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan University