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X-WR-CALNAME:"The Origin of a Species: The Birth of the Israeli Defense For
 ces' Military Culture" A Lecture by Gil-li Vardi
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DESCRIPTION:Please join the Institute for lunch as we hear from Gil-li Vard
 i as she discusses Israel's defense forces and how they have developed a m
 ilitary culture over time. A complimentary lunch will be provided with an 
 RSVP to Laura Evans. \n\nThe Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is known for\, an
 d prides itself in\, being an offensive\, daring\, highly effective and in
 itiative-driven army. These qualities have facilitated its many operationa
 l successes over decades. But how did the IDF come to possess them? Lesson
 s from the past\, translated into practice\, are the foundations upon whic
 h armies develop habits and taken-for-granted tendencies. Tradition shapes
  decisions and patterns of behavior and turns them into ‘natural’ orga
 nizational reactions. The IDF\, however\, had no habituated tradition to f
 all back on during its early years\; it emerged in an organizational “bi
 g bang” moment. The IDF’s early history therefore provides a rare glim
 pse into the birth of an organizational culture\, and into the dynamics th
 at set the Israeli Army’s future trajectory - leading to success and fai
 lures alike. \n​\nGil-li Vardi is a research fellow at CISAC and lecture
 r in the History Department and the Graduate School of Business\, Stanford
 . She earned her PhD at the London School of Economics\, and spent two yea
 rs as a research fellow at the Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Charac
 ter of War at the University of Oxford. Before coming to Stanford she was 
 a J. P. Moran Family Assistant Professor of Military History at Notre Dame
  University. Her research examines the interplay between organizational cu
 lture\, doctrine\, and operational patterns in military organizations\, an
 d focuses on the incentives and dynamics of change in military thought and
  practice.
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LOCATION:L. Theo Bellmont Hall (BEL)\, 232
SUMMARY:"The Origin of a Species: The Birth of the Israeli Defense Forces' 
 Military Culture" A Lecture by Gil-li Vardi
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 _birth_of_the_israeli_defense_forces_military_culture_a_lecture_by_gil-li_
 vardi
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CATEGORIES:Campus & Community
CATEGORIES:World & Culture
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