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Zion's dilemmas : how Israel makes national security policy / / Charles D. Freilich



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Autore: Freilich Charles D (Charles David) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Zion's dilemmas : how Israel makes national security policy / / Charles D. Freilich Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
Disciplina: 355/.03355694
Soggetto topico: National security - Israel - Decision making
Soggetto geografico: Israel Politics and government
Israel Military policy
Israel Foreign relations
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. I. The setting -- pt. II. The case studies -- pt. III. Final thoughts.
Sommario/riassunto: In Zion's Dilemmas, a former deputy national security adviser to the State of Israel details the history and, in many cases, the chronic inadequacies in the making of Israeli national security policy. Chuck Freilich identifies profound, ongoing problems that he ascribes to a series of factors: a hostile and highly volatile regional environment, Israel's proportional representation electoral system, and structural peculiarities of the Israeli government and bureaucracy. Freilich uses his insider understanding and substantial archival and interview research to describe how Israel has made strategic decisions and to present a first of its kind model of national security decision-making in Israel. He analyzes the major events of the last thirty years, from Camp David I to the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, through Camp David II, the Gaza Disengagement Plan of 2005, and the second Lebanon war of 2006.In these and other cases he identifies opportunities forgone, failures that resulted from a flawed decision-making process, and the entanglement of Israeli leaders in an inconsistent, highly politicized, and sometimes improvisational planning process. The cabinet is dysfunctional and Israel does not have an effective statutory forum for its decision-making-most of which is thus conducted in informal settings. In many cases policy objectives and options are poorly formulated. For all these problems, however, the Israeli decision-making process does have some strengths, among them the ability to make rapid and flexible responses, generally pragmatic decision-making, effective planning within the defense establishment, and the skills and motivation of those involved. Freilich concludes with cogent and timely recommendations for reform.
Titolo autorizzato: Zion's dilemmas  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8014-6574-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807074203321
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Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs