Book contents
- The Culture of Military Organizations
- The Culture of Military Organizations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Frameworks
- Part II Land Forces
- 3 Ulysses S. Grant and the Culture of the Union Army of the Tennessee
- 4 “Playing a Very Bold Game”
- 5 German Army Culture, 1871–1945
- 6 The Culture of the Indian Army, 1900–1947
- 7 An Army Apart
- 8 The Culture of the British Army, 1914–1945
- 9 Imperial Japanese Army Culture, 1918–1945
- 10 Military Culture, Military Efficiency, and the Red Army, 1917–1945
- 11 An Army Like No Other
- 12 The Weight of the Shadow of the Past
- 13 US Army Culture, 1973–2017
- Part III Maritime Forces
- Part IV Air Forces
- Conclusion
- Index
11 - An Army Like No Other
The Origins of the IDF’s Military Culture
from Part II - Land Forces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2019
- The Culture of Military Organizations
- The Culture of Military Organizations
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Frameworks
- Part II Land Forces
- 3 Ulysses S. Grant and the Culture of the Union Army of the Tennessee
- 4 “Playing a Very Bold Game”
- 5 German Army Culture, 1871–1945
- 6 The Culture of the Indian Army, 1900–1947
- 7 An Army Apart
- 8 The Culture of the British Army, 1914–1945
- 9 Imperial Japanese Army Culture, 1918–1945
- 10 Military Culture, Military Efficiency, and the Red Army, 1917–1945
- 11 An Army Like No Other
- 12 The Weight of the Shadow of the Past
- 13 US Army Culture, 1973–2017
- Part III Maritime Forces
- Part IV Air Forces
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The emergence of organizational culture in the Israeli Defence Forces can inform scholars and practitioners how military cultures are formed and evolve, and how they shape organizational habits and patterns of actions in newly established military organizations. This chapter examines the vision, plans, and means the IDF’s early leadership deployed in a conscious attempt to create a shared pool of values and practices in the armed forces of the young State of Israel. It offers three different examples illuminating the dynamics of the IDF’s self-fashioned culture, defiantly independent and idiosyncratic from its very inception: the early emergence of an offensive approach in conventional and sub-conventional conflicts; the desire to learn from other armies but emulate none; and the IDF’s relations with the Israeli government characterized by agency and self-promotion. Together, these shed light on the IDF’s early organizational culture, imprinted into the organization’s cultural DNA and persisting many decades to follow.
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- The Culture of Military Organizations , pp. 247 - 271Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019