Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israeli Policy

[...]weak political statesmanship in times of a fourth-generation war may cause the military to cross the threshold of legitimate activity in a democracy" (p. 257). [...]dissatisfied with both the professionalism approach, according to which the military are policy implementers, not policymakers, and the militarization approach, according to which a military mindset threatens to militarize society and politics, Peri shows how the "partnership" approach provides a more valid and nuanced account of the Israeli case. According to his approach, the military and civilian sectors are intertwined and the operations of civil-military coalitions and associations are based on common values. [...]the book almost literally cries out for a comparative analysis, which is fairly underdeveloped and surely would have further substantiated Peri's analysis and conclusions.