2. The Power of Military Service

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Archival Sources and Abbreviations xiii
5. 1. A School for the Nation? 1
6. 2. The Power of Military Service 16
7. Part I: The IDF and the Making of Israel. The Jewish State and Its Arab Minorities
8. Introduction 44
9. 3. Confronting a Land with People 50
10. 4. Two Roads to Jerusalem 69
11. 5. Military Rites, Citizenship Rights, and Republican Rhetoric 94
12. Conclusion 109
13. Part II. The Perpetual Dilemma: Race and the U.S. Armed Forces
14. Introduction 116
15. 6. Great War, Great Hopes, and the Perils of Closing Ranks 122
16. 7. Good War, Cold War, and the Limits of Liberalism 146
17. Conclusion 178
18. 8. Unusual Duties, Usual Rights: Soldiering and Citizenship 181
19. Notes 197
20. Index 257