Army Like No Other
- By: Haim Bresheeth-Zabner
- Categories Books , Adults & General Classification , Politics & Social Sciences , Reading is Resistance
- Stock Availability: Out Of Stock
- ISBN: 9781788737845
- Total Pages: 448
- Available Book Formats: Hardcover
- Year: 2020
Price:
JOD 27.50
The Israeli army, officially named the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), was established in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, who believed that 'the whole nation is the army'. In his mind, the IDF was to be an army like no other. It was the instrument that might transform a diverse population into a new people. Since the foundation of Israel, therefore, the IDF has been the largest, richest and most influential institution in Israel's Jewish society and is the nursery of its social, economic and political ruling class.