The Army's Role in Israeli Politics Has Israel’s military elite distorted Israeli politics—and rendered peace impossible—through its aggressive view of the world? Steven Erlanger TweetShareShare Issue: Nov-Dec 2012 Patrick Tyler, Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country—and Why They Can’t Make Peace (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012), 576 pp., $35.00. You must be a subscriber of The National Interest to access this article. If you are already a subscriber, please activate your online access. Not a subscriber? Become a subscriber today!