Militarism and Israeli Society

Acknowledgments

vii acknowledgments The editors extend our sincere thanks to the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , and especially to its former director, Shimshon Zelniker, for their help that has facilitated the successful operation of the Workshop on Israeli Security and Society and the 2006 international conference. We thank Ilan Troen and Natan Aridan, the editors of Israel Studies, for their wholehearted encouragement and assistance in the various stages of the publication of the special volume of Israel Studies and the preparation of this book, and Janet Rabinowitch of Indiana University Press for her confidence in the entire project that includes the special volume of Israel Studies and this book. Last but not least, we thank Assaf Shapira for his help in preparing the appendices to this volume. Militarism and Israeli Society ...