Mastering Soldiers Dr Lucas Wells

Mastering Soldiers Dr Lucas WellsStudies of the military that deal with the actual experience of troops in the field are still rare in the social sciences. In fact, this ethnographic study of an elite unit in the Israeli Defense Force is the only one of its kind. As an officer of this unit and a professional anthropologist, the author was ideally positioned for his role as participant observer. During the eight years he spent with his unit he focused primarily on such notions as

Although he is surrounded by his family and close allies

both wise and intensely engaging

as is so often the case in the West

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and political science and international relations perspectives

Momen El-Husseiny The American University in Cairo

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Discusses critical contemporary issues such as substance abuse

against the political and social upheaval of the period initiated by the rebellion of 1688

the volume examines the romanticized attitude of Western activists to violent liberation movements in the Third World and the idolization of imprisoned RAF members as martyrs among left-wing circles across Western Europe

Why do people rebel

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