03473nam 2200601 a 450 991014109730332120231013201908.01-283-22309-097866132230980-8330-5843-6(CKB)2670000000107637(EBL)744531(OCoLC)726939789(SSID)ssj0000533856(PQKBManifestationID)11965657(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533856(PQKBWorkID)10492763(PQKB)11454125(Au-PeEL)EBL744531(CaPaEBR)ebr10488710(MiAaPQ)EBC744531(EXLCZ)99267000000010763720110314d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAir operations in Israel's war against Hezbollah[electronic resource] learning from Lebanon and getting it right in Gaza /Benjamin S. LambethSanta Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation20111 online resource (443 p.)"Project Air Force."."MG-835-AF"--P. [4] of cover.0-8330-5146-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-366) and index.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.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 counteroffensive. He also examines the IDF's more successful operation against the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and January 2009, to provide points of comparison and contrast in the IDF's conduct of the latter campaign based on lessons learned and assimilated from its earlier combat experience in Lebanon.--Publisher description.Israel's war against HezbollahLebanon War, 2006Aerial operations, IsraeliArab-Israeli conflict1993-Aerial operations, IsraeliLebanon War, 2006Aerial operations, Israeli.Arab-Israeli conflictAerial operations, Israeli.956.9204/5248Lambeth Benjamin S904730Rand Corporation.Project Air Force (U.S.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910141097303321Air operations in Israel's war against Hezbollah2126223UNINA