Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
1 • Militaristic Nationalism and War
2 • The Birth of Militaristic Nationalism in Pre-state Israel
3 • The Establishment of a Dominant Nation-State:
The 1948 War of Independence
4 • A Nation-in-Arms: The Sinai War of 1956
5 • Militaristic Nationalism and Occupation:
The Six-Day War of 1967
6 • The Price: The Yom Kippur War of 1973
7 • The Decline of the Nation-in-Arms:
The 1982 Lebanon War
8 • The Emergence of Liberal Nationalism:
From the First Intifada to the 1993 Oslo Accords
9 • The Return of Militaristic Nationalism:
The 2000–2005 Al-Aqsa Intifada
10 • Religious and Militaristic Nationalism:
Israel’s New Wars 219
Conclusion

Notes
References
Index

About the Author

Uri Ben-Eliezer is a political sociologist and Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology, University of Haifa. His publications include The Making of Israeli Militarism and Old Conflict, New War: Israel’s Politics toward the Palestinians.

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