Defending the Holy Land : A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign Policy

Englisch

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2008

2006

1 online resource (743 pages)

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Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9780472033416

978-0-472-02173-4

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-472-03341-6 (Druckausgabe)

*National security - Israel ; Electronic books

Intro -- Contents -- PART I. FOUNDATIONS -- 1 The Israeli Security Puzzle: Conceptions, Approaches, Paradoxes -- PART II. THE USE OF FORCE -- 2 The Sinai War: The Making of the Second Round -- 3 The Six Day War: Playing with Fire -- 4 The War of Attrition: The First Payment for Arrogance -- 5 The Yom Kippur War: The War That Shouldn't Have Been -- 6 The Lebanese Swamp, 1981-2000 -- 7 The Unlimited Use of the Limited Use of Force: Israel and Low-Intensity Warfare -- PART III. ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR POLICY -- 8 The Mixed Blessing of Israel's Nuclear Policy -- PART IV. FOREIGN POLICY: SHADOW AND OPEN DIPLOMACY -- 9 Israeli Intervention in Intra-Arab Affairs -- 10 Never Missing an Opportunity to Miss an Opportunity: The Israeli Nonpolicy of Peace in the Middle East -- PART V. CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE MISMANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY -- 11 The Structure and Process of National Security and Foreign Policy in Israel -- 12 Principal Findings and Lessons -- 13 If So Bad, Why So Good?: Explaining the Paradox of the Israeli Success Story -- 14 Paths to the Future: Scenarios and Prescriptions -- Afterword: The Second Lebanon Fiasco and the Never-Ending Intifada -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

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