Jews and the Military: A History
ISBN-13:
9780691168098
ISBN-10:
0691168091
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Derek J. Penslar
Publication date:
2015
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Format:
Paperback
376 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780691168098
ISBN-10:
0691168091
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Derek J. Penslar
Publication date:
2015
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Format:
Paperback
376 pages
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Jews and the Military: A History (ISBN-13: 9780691168098 and ISBN-10: 0691168091), written by authors
Derek J. Penslar, was published by Princeton University Press in 2015.
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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.
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