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Jews and the Military is the first comprehensive and comparative look at Jews' involvement in the military and their attitudes toward war from the 1600s until the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Derek Penslar shows that although Jews have often been described as people who shun the arm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Penslar, Derek Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Jewish soldiers > Europe > History > 19th century.
Jewish soldiers > Europe > History > 20th century.
Jews > Europe > History > 19th century.
Jews > Europe > History > 20th century.
Jews > Cultural assimilation > Europe > History > 19th century.
Jews > Cultural assimilation > Europe > History > 20th century.
Jews > Europe > Identity.
Militaires juifs > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Militaires juifs > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juifs > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Juifs > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juifs > Acculturation > Europe > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Juifs > Acculturation > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juifs > Europe > Identité.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Jewish soldiers
Jews
Jews > Cultural assimilation
Jews > Identity
Wehrdienst
Juden
Europe
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Jews in the Tsar's army: conscription as national tragedy?
  • Fighting for rights: conscription and Jewish emancipation
  • The military as a Jewish occupation
  • When may we kill our brethren? Jews at war
  • The Jewish soldier of World War I: from participant to victim
  • The world wars as Jewish wars
  • 1948 as a Jewish world war.

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