In what he feels is a generalizable case study of civil-military relations in democratic countries, Peri (political sociology and communication, Tel Aviv U., Israel) examines the influence of the Isra
Two revolutions occurred in Israel in the last decade of the twentieth century. The first was in the field of communications and the second was in politics. Telepopulism describes the political and c
The protracted Arab-Israeli war and the central importance of security to Israel have given a major role to senior military personnel. Yoram Peri, a former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, demonstrates in this book that state control over the military in Israel has been weak, and a pattern of civil-military partnership has emerged. This changing relationship involved the inner rivalries of Israel's Labour Party in particular. Clashes and accommodation between the politicians and military leaders are traced through the changing Governments from Ben Gurion to Begin, and, finally, Dr Peri examines the situation in Israel in the 1980s. Dr Yoram Peri was European representative of the Israeli Labour Party. He completed his doctorate at the London School of Economics.
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in November of 1995one year after he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Yasir Arafatsent shock waves around the world. Known as both a man of war and of p
