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Author Naor, Moshe, author.

Title Social mobilization in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 : on the Israeli home front / Moshe Naor ; translated by Shaul Vardi
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 228 pages)
Series Israeli history, politics and society ; 54
Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society ; 54.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Social and economic mobilization; 1. Mobilization for war; Self-mobilization; National mobilization; Labor service; Emergency services; Draft evasion; Demobilization; 2. Economic mobilization; State of emergency; Food supply; Rationing and control; Racketeering in foodstuffs; Austerity; 3. Financing the war effort; Voluntary funds; The national loan; War Tax and War Loan; Part II: The home front in wartime; 4. Civilians in war; Urban warfare
Between the front line and the home frontBombing civilians; War casualties; 5. Jewish war refugees; The frontier and border refugees; Social solidarity; Public protest; Crossing the border; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary In many ways, the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 is typical of the total military conflicts that characterized the first half of the twentieth century. However, in addition to the military course of the war, and its formative and revolutionary ramifications, this war was also notable for the social mobilization of the Israeli population. Social Mobilization in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 focuses on these civilian aspects of the war, the involvement of the Israeli home front in the fighting and the participation of society in the process of mobilization. Israeli civil society organi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Campaigns -- Israel -- Tel Aviv
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Israel -- Tel Aviv
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Military campaigns
SUBJECT Tel Aviv (Israel) -- History, Military
Subject Israel -- Tel Aviv
Genre/Form Electronic books
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136776489
1136776486
9780203553671
0203553675
1299813461
9781299813465
Other Titles Ba-ḥazit ha-ʻoref. English