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Tyler, Patrick.

Title Fortress Israel : the inside story of the military elite who run the country--and why they can't make peace / Patrick Tyler.

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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	956.9405 TYLER	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	956.9405 TY	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	562 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [501]-541) and index.
Contents	Murder in Tehran -- Ben-Gurion : the origins of militarism -- The destruction of Israel's second prime minister -- Suez Crisis : Ben-Gurion goes to war -- Israel as "detonator" -- The rise of the generals -- Six-Day War : the military revolts -- War as policy : Nasser and the PLO -- The high price of militarism : Yom Kippur -- Rabin : from general to prime minister -- Begin : a peace to enable war -- The Sabra Caesar : Sharon in Lebanon -- Protecting the ruling elite -- Intifada : the intimate enemy awakes -- Peace strategy : the new Yitzhak -- Oslo : wary generals waging peace -- Bibi against the military elite -- Barak : the arrogance of power -- Sharon : the last campaign against Arafat -- At wit's end : killing the paraplegic preacher -- Olmert : putting Lebanon back twenty years -- War (on Syria) war (on Gaza) war (on Iran?).
Subject	Prime ministers -- Israel -- Biography.
	Politicians -- Israel -- Biography.
	Generals -- Israel -- Biography.
	Israel -- Politics and government.
	Civil-military relations -- Israel.
	Arab-Israeli conflict -- Influence.
ISBN	9780374281045 alkaline paper
	0374281041 alkaline paper

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