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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456482103321

Autore

Cordesman Anthony H

Titolo

The Israeli-Palestinian war [[electronic resource] ] : escalating to nowhere / / Anthony H. Cordesman with the assistance of Jennifer Moravitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International

Washington, D.C., : Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005

ISBN

1-282-40858-5

9786612408588

0-313-05390-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (563 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MoravitzJennifer

Disciplina

956.9405/4

Soggetti

Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-

Arab-Israeli conflict

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-543).

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; TABLES AND FIGURES; INTRODUCTION; I. FROM PEACE TO WAR: LAND FOR PEACE OR SETTLEMENTS FOR WAR?; 2. FROM PEACE TO WAR: TERRORISM FOR SETTLEMENTS; 3. THE FINAL SETTLEMENT ISSUES: ASYMMETRIC VALUES & ASYMMETRIC WARFARE; 4. THE COLLAPSE OF THE PEACE PROCESS; 5. THE ACTORS IN THE CONFLICT: THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES; 6. THE ACTORS IN THE CONFLICT: THE PALESTINIAN FACTIONS ALIGNED WITH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY; 7. THE ACTORS IN THE CONFLICT: THE PALESTINIAN FACTIONS THAT CHALLENGE PEACE AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY; 8. THE OUTSIDE ACTORS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

9. A FAILED PEACE BECOMES OPEN WAR10. CASUALTY TRENDS AND THE COSTS OF THE WAR; 11. ISRAELI STRATEGY AND TACTICS: ISOLATION, CONTAINMENT, AND THE SELECTIVE USE OF CONVENTIONAL MILITARY POWER; 12. THE PALESTINIAN RESPONSE: THE BATTLE FOR PUBLIC OPINION AND THE CHALLENGE OF REFORMING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY; 13. THE COURSE OF THE CONFLICT IN



GAZA; 14. THE COURSE OF THE CONFLICT IN THE WEST BANK AND GREATER JERUSALEM; 15. CONFLICT IN ISRAEL PROPER; 16. THE CONTINUING HOPE FOR PEACE: THE QUARTET AND THE ""ROAD MAP""; NOTES

Sommario/riassunto

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is more than a local or regional dispute. Its ongoing and escalating nature increases the risk that the violence will spill over its present borders and contribute to both extremism and terrorism. While the Intifada from 1987 to 1993 was largely a popular uprising and a political struggle, the recent clash is a war with a steady escalation between conventional and unconventional forces. It is in the interest of all major powers, the international community, and the United Nations to press both sides to accept a realistic peace plan.||Noted Middle East expert An