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Israel's Long War with Hezbollah : Military Innovation and Adaptation Under Fire /

The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now in its fourth decade and shows no signs of ending. Raphael D. Marcus examines this conflict since the formation of Hezbollah during Israel's occupation of Lebanon in the early 1980s. He critically evaluates eve...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marcus, Raphael D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Strategic adaptation
  • IDF "routine security" and the evolution of Hezbollah (1985-1992)
  • Deterrence, guerrilla warfare, and the establishment of the "rules of the game" (1993-1999)
  • A change in the strategic equation : the IDF withdrawal from Lebanon
  • The erosion of deterrence, the 2006 war, and the Dahiyah doctrine (2000-2017)
  • Conclusion to part I : strategic adaptation
  • Operational adaptation
  • The source and origins of the RMA in Israel
  • The RMA "in action" : IDF operations in Lebanon and Hezbollah's adaptation in the 1990s
  • The rise of the IDF's Operational Theory Research Institute and systemic operational design
  • The 2006 Lebanon war : military adaptation and counter-adaptation
  • The "blame game" : a reappraisal of the IDF's 2006 operational concept
  • Conclusion to part II : operational adaptation
  • Conclusions
  • Afterword : back to the future : IDF force planning and Hezbollah's military adaptation in Syria.