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Jews and the Military : A History / Derek J. Penslar.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (376 p.) : 17 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691138879
  • 9781400848577
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.008992404 23
LOC classification:
  • DS135.E83 P45 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Jewish Soldier between Memory and Reality -- Chapter Two. Fighting for Rights: Conscription and Jewish Emancipation -- Chapter Three. The Military as a Jewish Occupation -- Chapter Four. When May We Kill Our Brethren? Jews at War -- Chapter Five. The Jewish Soldier of World War I: From Participant to Victim -- Chapter Six. The World Wars as Jewish Wars -- Chapter Seven. 1948 as a Jewish World War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Jews and the Military is the first comprehensive and comparative look at Jews' involvement in the military and their attitudes toward war from the 1600s until the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Derek Penslar shows that although Jews have often been described as people who shun the army, in fact they have frequently been willing, even eager, to do military service, and only a minuscule minority have been pacifists. Penslar demonstrates that Israel's military ethos did not emerge from a vacuum and that long before the state's establishment, Jews had a vested interest in military affairs. Spanning Europe, North America, and the Middle East, Penslar discusses the myths and realities of Jewish draft dodging, how Jews reacted to facing their coreligionists in battle, the careers of Jewish officers and their reception in the Jewish community, the effects of World War I on Jewish veterans, and Jewish participation in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Penslar culminates with a study of Israel's War of Independence as a Jewish world war, which drew on the military expertise and financial support of a mobilized, global Jewish community. He considers how military service was a central issue in debates about Jewish emancipation and a primary indicator of the position of Jews in any given society. Deconstructing old stereotypes, Jews and the Military radically transforms our understanding of Jews' historic relationship to war and military power.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Jewish Soldier between Memory and Reality -- Chapter Two. Fighting for Rights: Conscription and Jewish Emancipation -- Chapter Three. The Military as a Jewish Occupation -- Chapter Four. When May We Kill Our Brethren? Jews at War -- Chapter Five. The Jewish Soldier of World War I: From Participant to Victim -- Chapter Six. The World Wars as Jewish Wars -- Chapter Seven. 1948 as a Jewish World War -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Jews and the Military is the first comprehensive and comparative look at Jews' involvement in the military and their attitudes toward war from the 1600s until the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Derek Penslar shows that although Jews have often been described as people who shun the army, in fact they have frequently been willing, even eager, to do military service, and only a minuscule minority have been pacifists. Penslar demonstrates that Israel's military ethos did not emerge from a vacuum and that long before the state's establishment, Jews had a vested interest in military affairs. Spanning Europe, North America, and the Middle East, Penslar discusses the myths and realities of Jewish draft dodging, how Jews reacted to facing their coreligionists in battle, the careers of Jewish officers and their reception in the Jewish community, the effects of World War I on Jewish veterans, and Jewish participation in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Penslar culminates with a study of Israel's War of Independence as a Jewish world war, which drew on the military expertise and financial support of a mobilized, global Jewish community. He considers how military service was a central issue in debates about Jewish emancipation and a primary indicator of the position of Jews in any given society. Deconstructing old stereotypes, Jews and the Military radically transforms our understanding of Jews' historic relationship to war and military power.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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