Soldiering Under Occupation : : Processes of Numbing among Israeli Soldiers in the Al-Aqsa Intifada / / Erella Grassiani.

Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is dismissed by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals termed, “rotten apples.” In this study, the author argues that this dismissal is unsatisfactory and that there is an urgent need to look at the (mis)behavior of soldiers from a struc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (168 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding Israeli Soldiers
  • Chapter 2 Studying Soldiers
  • Chapter 3 Checkpoints, Arrests and Patrols: Spaces of Occupation
  • Chapter 4 Performing as Occupiers: Operational Dynamics
  • Chapter 5 Tired, Bored and Scared: Emotional, Physical and Cognitive Numbing
  • Chapter 6 Blurring Morals: the Numbed Moral Competence of Soldiers
  • Chapter 7 Morality in Speech: Discursive Strategies of Soldiers
  • Chapter 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index