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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454904503321

Autore

Ṭal Yiśraʼel

Titolo

National security [[electronic resource] ] : the Israeli experience / / Israel Tal ; translated by Martin Kett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, c2000

ISBN

0-313-00163-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

355/.03305694

Soggetti

National security - Israel

Arab-Israeli conflict

Electronic books.

Israel Military policy

Israel History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Background; 2 Components of National Security; 3 Responsibility for National Security; 4 The Pursuit of World Peace and International Security; 5 The Principles of War and the Art of War; 6 Israel National Goals Security Doctrine and Policy; 7 The Aims of War; 8 Strategy of Deterrence; 9 The Structure and Implementation of Force; 10 Early Warning; 11 Organization; 12 The Ministry of Defense and the Military; 13 Myths and Lessons; 14 The War of Independence 1948; 15 Military Activity over the Years; 16 The Sinai Campaign 1956; 17 The Water Battles 1953 1966

18 The Six Day War 196719 The War of Attrition 1967 1970; 20 The Road to the Yom Kippur War; 21 The Yom Kippur War 1973; 22 Subsequent Wars; 23 National Security Doctrine in the Test of Time; 24 National Security in the Future; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive account of Israel's doctrine of national security, this study examines to what degree security theories have provid valid and suggests an updated security doctrine for the next century. The author describes the history of the Israel-Arab wars from the War of Independence onwards.