Confronting the costs of war : military power, state, and society in Egypt and Israel
What determines the strategies by which a state mobilizes resources for war? And does war preparation strengthen or weaken the state in relation to society? In looking at these questions, Michael Barnett develops a novel theoretical framework that traces the connection between war preparation and changes in state-society relations, and applies that framework to Egypt from 1952 to 1977 and Israel from 1948 through 1977. Confronting the Costs of War addresses major issues in international relations, comparative politics, and Middle Eastern studies. The author argues that Egyptian and Israeli war preparation strategies were a function of systemic, state, and societal variables, and that leaders in each state attempted to balance the demands imposed by international conflict with their domestic economic and political objectives. Before 1967 the governments' strategies led to the expansion of state control over society. But contrary to the prevailing wisdom that war and war preparation will generally strengthen the state, the increased security pressures after 1967 were central to the decline of state power in both countries. After that year, Israeli and Egyptian officials ventured on a path that bolstered the state's military preparedness, but at the cost of its control over society and economy
eBook, English, ©1992
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1992
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1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages)
9781400820702, 9781400810901, 9781282751576, 9786612751578, 1400820707, 1400810906, 1282751573, 6612751576
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List of TablesPrefaceCh. 1War Preparation and State Power3Ch. 2The Framework19Preferences and Constraints21State Strategies for War Preparation31The Conservation and Transformation of State Power37An Excursion on State Power40Ch. 3Egypt and Israel in Historical Perspective51Egypt51Israel64Ch. 4Explaining Egyptian War Preparation Strategies80Consolidation and Intent, 1952-195681From the Suez War to the 1967 War93Defeat, Consolidation, and Redemption, 1967-1973103From Victory to Self-Defeat, 1973-1977128Ch. 5Explaining Israeli War Preparation Strategies153Mobilization and Integration, 1948-1956155In the Eye of the Hurricane, 1957-1967176Life during Wartime, 1967-1977185Ch. 6War and the Transformation of State Power210Egyptian War Preparation Strategies and State Power212Israeli War Preparation Strategies and State Power225Ch. 7Egypt and Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective244The Construction of the Government's War Preparation Strategies245War Preparation and State Power256Appendix 1: Jewish Investment and Capital Inflow, 1932-1939263Appendix 2: National and Public versus Private Jewish Capital Flow to Palestine, 1918-1937263Appendix 3: Summary of Fiscal Operations, 1962/63-1978264Appendix 4: Soviet-Egyptian Military Aid Accounts264Appendix 5: Arab Financial Assistance to Egypt, 1973-1976265Appendix 6: Capital Imports to Israel, 1950-1967266Appendix 7: Share of Capital Imports in Total Resources and Gross Investments, 1950-1967266Appendix 8: Investments by Branch in the Economy, 1950-1967267Appendix 9: Gross Investment in Fixed Assets, by Investing Sector, 1952-1966267Appendix 10: Capital Imports to Israel, 1967-1977268Appendix 11: Indicators of Debt-Servicing Burden, 1969-1978268Appendix 12: Investments in Industry by Branch269Appendix 13: The "Underground" Economy in Israel: Various Estimates269Notes271Bibliography345Index369
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