Mastering Soldiers : Conflict, Emotions, and the Enemy in an Israeli Army Unit (New Directions in Anthropology)

Studies 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...