Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 1984 The political unification of the Israeli Army Michael Uhry Newman Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, and the Political History Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Newman, Michael Uhry, "The political unification of the Israeli Army" (1984). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3581. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5465 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael Uhry Newman for the Master of Arts in History presented August 24, 1984. Title: The Political Unification of the Israeli Army. APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE THESIS COMMITTEE: Jon E. Mandaville I Dr. r:ia vid~ A. ' Horowitz Dr. Thomas M. P'oulsen The essay charts forty years of Zionist history to illuminate the ' remarkable evolution of Israel's unified, apolitical army and Israel's "democratic civil-military tradition," forged in the fires of opposing military styles, ideological rivalry, competing underground forces, war and civil war. During the years 1907-1919, the Yishuv acquired two different military traditions, the Pioneer-Soldier tradition and the Professional 2 tradition. During 1920-1931, the presence of the British Mandatory power and rising Arab Nationalist violence produced a third military tradition the "Underground," first developed by the early Hagana, woven into the fabric of the Socialist-Zionism.