Towards a postmodern military? / Charles Moskos -- Addition, multiplication, and step-function: the "arithmetic" of military revolution in modern times / John Gooch -- The postmodern military: conscription or professionalism / Fabrizio Battistelli -- Trends in the political control of post-Cold War armed forces / Bernard Boëne -- Technology and supreme command / Eliot A. Cohen -- Why don't they fight each other?: cultural diversity and operational unity in multinational forces / Efrat Elron, Boas Shamir and Eyal Ben-Ari -- Women in the military: gain or regression? / Martin Van Creveld --Re-establishing the force: the revolution in military affairs in the human resource and leadership systems / Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. and Leonard Wong -- The dilemma of the military Judge-Advocate General / Menachem Finkelstein -- The media and the military: from collusion to collision / Yoram Peri -- The social construction of Israel's "national security" / Baruch Kiimerling -- The scroll or the sword?: tension between Judaism and military service in Israel / Stuart A. Cohen -- Democracy, internal war, and Israeli security / Steven R. David.