Amazon.com description: Product Description: This absorbing collection of essays written over the past twenty years traces the history of Israel at war and provides analysis of the effects of war on that young nation. The authors discuss the implications of a non-violent defense against aggression and draw on their experience as distinguished sociologists in examining Israeli reaction to bereavement, the dynamics of heroization, and the struggle to overcome fear of death. IsraelóA Precarious Sanctuary records the war-time observations of the authors, who worked with Israeli combat troops and with bereaved families during the Yom Kippur and Lebanese wars. Contents: Warring for Identity; Retaining Identity against the Fear of Death; Living with War and Death; Death and Annihilation: Nuclear Ending.