LEADER 05244nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910782741403321 005 20080227142909.0 010 $a979-84-00-67307-8 010 $a1-282-56594-X 010 $a9786612565946 010 $a0-313-35521-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400673078 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707798 035 $a(EBL)494856 035 $a(OCoLC)615600412 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376757 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243227 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376757 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336544 035 $a(PQKB)11070293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL494856 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271246 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL256594 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494856 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400673078BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707798 100 $a20080227e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIsrael and Syria $ethe military balance and prospects of war /$fAnthony H. Cordesman ; with Aram Nerguizian and Ionut C. Popescu 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Security International,$d2008. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a0-313-35520-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aProspects 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. 330 $aIsrael 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. 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict$y1993$xPeace 606 $aLebanon War, 2006 607 $aIsrael$xHistory, Military 607 $aIsrael$xMilitary policy 607 $aSyria$xHistory, Military 607 $aSyria$xMilitary policy 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict$xPeace. 615 0$aLebanon War, 2006. 676 $a355/.03305694 700 $aCordesman$b Anthony H$0567761 701 $aNerguizian$b Aram$01498247 701 $aPopescu$b Ionut C$01140722 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782741403321 996 $aIsrael and Syria$93723755 997 $aUNINA