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200 10$aIsrael's wars of attrition$b[electronic resource] $eattrition challenges to democratic states /$fAvi Kober
210   $aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (241 p.)
225 1 $aMiddle Eastern military studies
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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327   $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Attrition in modern and post-modern war; 2 Israeli attrition aversion and the emergence of Israeli attrition conception; 3 The operational aspect: The role played by offense and defense; 4 Societal staying power; 5 Economic sustainability; 6 Fighting with one hand tied behind the back: Bridging morality and effectiveness; 7 Beyond staying power: Escalation, deterrence, and war outcomes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aThis book analyzes the way Israel has coped with nine wars of attrition from the 1950s to the recent Second Lebanon War (2006), questioning the belief that Western democracy cannot sustain prolonged wars of attrition.Challenging Israel with attrition has been compatible with the 'Arab way of war', which emphasizes staying power, and with the belief that democracies cannot tolerate wars of attrition, either economically or psychologically. Israel for its part developed a self-image of incapacity to sustain prolonged wars, committing itself to a traditional offensive approach to blitzk
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