Israel's death hierarchy: casualty aversion in a militarized democracy

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List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Preface from the Series Editor Wayne E. Lee Introduction The Right to Protect and the Right to Protection The Essence of Rights Balancing Strategies Conclusions Unbalancing and Balancing the Rights Balanced Rights Unbalanced Rights Demands for Burden Reduction The Subversive Bereavement Discourse Balancing Strategies Conclusions Bereavement-Motivated Collective Actors The South Lebanon Guerrilla War (1985-2000)Explaining Four Mothers' Success The Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2005) The Second Lebanon War (2006) and Operation Cast Lead (2009) Conclusions Bereavement-Motivated Collective ActorsGold Star Families for Peace Alternative Explanations Theoretical Conclusions The Death Hierarchy The Principles of the Death HierarchyThe Structure of the Death Hierarchy Conclusions Casualty Sensitivity Breeds High Lethality The Essence of the Force-Casualty Tradeoff Israel's Wars against Gaza: A General Outline The Tradeoff Conclusions and Theoretical Implications Casualty Sensitivity and Political-Military Relations Civilian Control of the IDF: General Background Casualty Sensitivity Reinforces the Military Conclusions and Theoretical Implications Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index About the Author