A journalist who served as an Israeli army captain examines changing Israeli attitudes over the possibility of annihilation and defense spending over a half century of the country's wars with the Arabs, from the War of Independence to the Palestinian intifada begun in 2000--when this book was first published. Distributed in the US by Taylor & Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

The 1947-9 war --A nation-in-arms 1949-67 -- The six bad years 1967-73 -- War and peace 1973-9 -- War in Lebanon 1982 -- Intifada 1987-93 -- The Al-Aqsa Intifada 2000-