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The extensive academic literature about armed forces in the post-Cold War era, albeit mainly in the West, usually describes them as both post-modern and peace-making bodies. This paper questions that assumption and cites the Israeli case to demonstrate the possibility of a post-modern army that does not have a peace-making goal. An understanding of the role of the Israel Defense Forces in violent conflicts of the kind that occur between Israel Defense Forces in violent conflicts of the kind that occur between Israel and its neighbors can not only provide theoretical insight that differs from the conventional but also suggest possible future tendencies that may develop in other parts of the world on questions of peace and war.

Keywords: IDF