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Article: Wars, Internal Conflicts and Political Order: A Jewish Democracy in the Middle East.
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- American Political Science Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 1998
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By Gad Barzilai. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. 301p. $23.95.
Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
These two new books, which probably are based on doctoral dissertations, provide unique and interesting perspectives on the linkage between Israel's policy in the Arab-Israeli conflict and its domestic politics. Both studies emphasize that behavior in external conflicts should be seen as a complex interaction between external and domestic factors. Whereas Barzilai's purpose is to explain national consensus and dissent in Israel during war and lesser conflict, Levy analyzes Israel's security policy not only as a direct and ...