Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country–and Why They Can’t Make Peace

“Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit,” writes the prizewinning journalist Patrick Tyler in the prologue to Fortress Israel. “They carry the military identity for life, not just through service in the reserves until age forty-nine . . . but through lifelong expectations of loyalty and secrecy.” The military is the co More »