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Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 3, No. 3, December 2011

The IDF reserves, formerly the backbone of the military’s force, is now at a crossroads, and it appears that even the IDF command and the political echelon are not sure how to reshape it. This essay argues that a combination of political and economic costs involved in operating the reserves is accelerating the decline of this force, and is part of the general move towards the transformation of the IDF from conscript to professional army.
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Military and Strategic Affairs