Israel and Syria [[electronic resource] ] : the military balance and prospects of war / / Anthony H. Cordesman ; with the assistance of Aram Nerguizian and Ionut C. Popescu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454301003321
• Autore: Cordesman Anthony H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International; Washington, D.C., : Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-56594-X; 9786612565946; 0-313-35521-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NerguizianAram; PopescuIonut C
• Disciplina: 355/.03305694
• Soggetti: Lebanon War, 2006; Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Peace; Electronic books.; Israel History, Military; Israel Military policy; Syria History, Military; Syria Military policy
• 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. [263]-284).
• Nota di contenuto: Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral ; missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? -- The Iranian wild card.
• Sommario/riassunto: Israel and Syria: The Military Balance and Prospects of War provides a detailed and current picture of the military capabilities of Israel and Syria, reflecting the changes and lessons of the Israel-Hezbollah War in 2006 and other recent conflicts. It offers extensive analysis, supported by tables and charts, on the trends in military spending, arms imports and technology transfers, military manpower, weapons, and orders of battle. By going beyond military balance analysis, Cordesman examines the probable nature and results of a future war and how the readiness, capability, tactics, and techno

A companion to Gregory of Tours / / edited by Alexander Callander Murray

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821982203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : Brill, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 978-90-04-30700-1; 90-04-30700-1; 90-04-30676-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (685 p.)
• Collana: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, , 1871-6377 ; ; volume 63
• Disciplina: 944/.013092; B
• Soggetti: Historians - France; Christian saints - France; Merovingians - Historiography; Christian hagiography; History, Ancient - Historiography; France Church history To 987; Gaul History 58 B.C.-511 A.D
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Alexander Callander Murray -- Introduction / Alexander Callander Murray -- Gregory of Tours: The Elements of a Biography / Martin Heinzelmann -- Venantius Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours: Poetry and Patronage / Michael Roberts -- The Composition of the Histories of Gregory of Tours and Its Bearing on the Political Narrative / Alexander Callander Murray -- Chronology, Composition, and Authorial Conception in the Miracula / Richard Shaw -- The Works of Gregory of Tours: Manuscripts, Language, and Style / Pascale Bourgain -- The Merovingian State and Administration in the Times of Gregory of Tours / Alexander Callander Murray -- The Church in Sixth-Century Gaul / Yitzhak Hen -- Landscape and Material Culture of Gaul in the Times of Gregory of Tours According to Archaeology / Patrick ; Périn -- The Works of Gregory of Tours and Patristic Tradition / Martin Heinzelmann -- Gregory of Tours and the Literary Imagination: Genre, Narrative Style, Sources, and Models in the Histories / Joaquín Martínez Pizarro -- Gregory of Tours, Hagiography, and the Cult of the Saints in the Sixth Century / J.K. Kitchen -- Gallic Politics in the Sixth Century / Stefan Esders -- Gregory of Tours, Italy, and the Empire / S.T Loseby -- Gregory of Tours and Spain / Roger Collins -- The Early Medieval Editions of Gregory of Tours’ Histories / Helmut Reimitz -- Gregory’s Works in the High Medieval and Early Modern Periods / John J. Contreni -- Maps / Alexander Callander Murray -- Genealogies / Alexander Callander Murray -- References / Alexander Callander Murray -- Index / Alexander Callander Murray.
• Sommario/riassunto: Gregory, bishop of Tours (573-594), was among the most prolific writers of his age and uniquely managed to cover the genres of history, hagiography, and ecclesiastical instruction. He not only wrote about events (of the secular, spiritual, and even natural variety) but about himself as an actor and witness. Though his work (especially the Histories ) has been recycled and studied for centuries, our grasp of an even basic understanding of it, never mind Gregory’s significance in the history of the late antique West, has hardly yet attained a definitive perspective. A Companion to Gregory of Tours brings together fourteen scholars who provide an expert guide to interpreting his works, his period, and his legacy in religious and historical studies. Contributors are: Pascale Bourgain, Roger Collins, John J. Contreni, Stefan Esders, Martin Heinzelmann, Yitzhak Hen, John K. Kitchen, Simon Loseby, Alexander Callander Murray, Patrick Périn, Joachim Pizarro, Helmut Reimitz, Michael Roberts, Richard Shaw.