Tyler, Patrick <br/><br/>
Fortress Israel :  the inside story of the military elite who run the country and why they can't make peace / 
Patrick Tyler. 
 - New York :  Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  c2012. 
 - 562 p.;  ill., map;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Contents: 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) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780374534004 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label>--Israel--Biography<br/>Politicians--Biography--Israel<br/>Generals--Biography--Israel<br/>Civil-military relations--Israel<br/>Arab-Israeli conflict--Influence
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Israel--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS 126.6 .A2  / T95 2012