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Autore |
Lambeth Benjamin S |
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Air operations in Israel's war against Hezbollah [[electronic resource] ] : learning from Lebanon and getting it right in Gaza / / Benjamin S. Lambeth |
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Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Corporation, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-22309-0 |
9786613223098 |
0-8330-5843-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (443 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Lebanon War, 2006 - Aerial operations, Israeli |
Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Aerial operations, Israeli |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Project Air Force.". |
"MG-835-AF"--P. [4] of cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-366) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Highlights of the campaign -- Key Israeli air accomplishments -- Problems in air employment -- The Winograd Commission's findings -- A second chance in Gaza -- The Second Lebanon War reconsidered. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In response to a surprise incursion by Hezbollah combatants into northern Israel and their abduction of two Israeli soldiers, Israel launched a campaign that included the most complex air offensive to have taken place in the history of the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Many believe that the inconclusive results of this war represent a "failure of air power." The author demonstrates that this conclusion is an oversimplification of a more complex reality. He assesses the main details associated with the Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF's) campaign against Hezbollah to correct the record regarding what Israeli air power did and did not accomplish (and promise to accomplish) in the course of contributing to that campaign. He considers IAF operations in the larger context of the numerous premises, constraints, and ultimate errors in both military and civilian leadership strategy choice that drove the Israeli government's decisionmaking throughout the |
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