The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism

According to Ami Pedahzur, in his fine book The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism, the Israeli government's preference for the "war model" can be traced to public pressure on democratic leaders to respond to terrorism decisively. [...]Pedahzur's claim tha...

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Published in:Shofar 2011, Vol.30 (1), p.163-165
Main Author: Hoffman, Aaron M.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Counterterrorism
Hostages
Jewish law
Politics
Rabbis
Secret service
Security services
Terrorism
War
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Summary:According to Ami Pedahzur, in his fine book The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism, the Israeli government's preference for the "war model" can be traced to public pressure on democratic leaders to respond to terrorism decisively. [...]Pedahzur's claim that democracies, like Israel, have a built-in inclination to rely on the war model overlooks the European experience with terrorism, which relied far more on the defensive techniques Pedahzur admires than the militarized approaches he disdains.
ISSN:0882-8539
1534-5165
1534-5165
DOI:10.1353/sho.2011.0146