List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Preface from the Series Editor
Wayne E. Lee
Introduction
The Right to Protect and the Right to Protection
The Essence of Rights
Balancing Strategies
Conclusions
Unbalancing and Balancing the Rights
Balanced Rights
Unbalanced Rights
Demands for Burden Reduction
The Subversive Bereavement Discourse
Balancing Strategies
Conclusions
Bereavement-Motivated Collective Actors
The South Lebanon Guerrilla War (1985–2000)
Explaining Four Mothers’ Success
The Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2005)
The Second Lebanon War (2006) and Operation Cast Lead (2009)
Conclusions
Bereavement-Motivated Collective Actors
Gold Star Families for Peace
Alternative Explanations
Theoretical Conclusions
The Death Hierarchy
The Principles of the Death Hierarchy
The Structure of the Death Hierarchy
Conclusions
Casualty Sensitivity Breeds High Lethality
The Essence of the Force-Casualty Tradeoff
Israel’s Wars against Gaza: A General Outline
The Tradeoff
Conclusions and Theoretical Implications
Casualty Sensitivity and Political-Military Relations
Civilian Control of the IDF: General Background
Casualty Sensitivity Reinforces the Military
Conclusions and Theoretical Implications
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author