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Israel facing a new Middle East : in search of a national security strategy / Itamar Rabinovich and Itai Brun

Author
Rabinovich, Itamar, 1942-
Published
Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 online resource
Additional Creators
Brun, Itai and Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order
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Contents
Cover; Halftitle; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Evolution of Israel's National Security Doctrine; David Ben Gurion's Security Review; The Sinai Campaign; The Six-Day War; The War of Attrition ; The October War of 1973; The Israeli-Egyptian Peace; The 1980s Ground Maneuver Crisis; The 1982 War in Lebanon; The Debate on the Original Operational Concept; Lebanon's Long-Term Impact; Chapter 2: New Challenges for Israel's National Security; The Evolution of the Operational Concept of the "Other Side"; The 1980s; The 1990s; The Rise of the Organizations., A New Operational ConceptThe First Palestinian Intifada; Military Operations of the 1990s; The First Gulf War; Public Discussion on Firepower; Accountability and Grapes of Wrath; The IDF and Israeli Society; The "Lebanese Mud"; Technological Developments; Air Force Activity in Lebanon; A Decade of Diplomacy and New Patterns of Confrontation; The US Perspective; Chapter 3: Facing Reality: Lebanon and Gaza; The Withdrawal from Lebanon; Coping with the Second Intifada (Operation Ebb and Flow); A New Operational Concept; Massive Changes in the Twenty-First Century; The Second Lebanon War., and Was it a War?What Did Israel Try to Accomplish?; What Tasks Were Assigned to the IDF?; How Was Military Force Employed?; First Phase; Second Phase; Third Phase; A Ten-Year Retrospective; The Gaza Challenge; Three Military Campaigns (2008-2014); Operation Cast Lead; The Mavi Marmara Affair; Operation Pillar of Fire; Operation Protective Edge; Chapter 4: The Arab Spring and the Arab Turmoil: A New Middle Eastern Reality; Israel's Immediate Response; The IDF's Response to the New Regional Order; Three Levels of Israeli Strategy and Security Policy; Source Notes; Bibliography; About the Authors.
Summary
The turmoil which has been rattling the Middle East in recent years has confronted Israel with fresh challenges and opportunities and requires it to rethink the three levels of its strategy and security policies: National security Strategy (sometimes referred to as Grand Strategy), National Security Policy and National Military Strategy. The book points to the years 1979-1981 as the years of transition from conventional military challenges faced by Israel to the novel challenges of terrorism, missiles and rockets, sub-state guerrilla organizations on its borders and the prospect of nuclear weapons in hostile hands. Some of these challenges have been exacerbated by the unraveling of neighboring Arab states. The book's review of the evolution of Israeli policies through almost seven decades of war and conflicts shows the absence of a full-fledged grand strategy, the structural weakness of national security policy formulation by successive governments at the cabinet level and the dominant role of the IDF. This state of affairs helps explain why and how Israel has responded to the recent turmoil in a piecemeal fashion rather than formulate a comprehensive policy that would enhance its ability to respond to the new challenges and take advantage of the new opportunities. --Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9780817920463 (electronic bk.)
0817920463 (electronic bk.)
9780817920487
081792048X
9780817920470 (Mobipocket)
0817920471 (Mobipocket)
9780817920449
Note
At head of title: Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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