UID:
edocfu_9959230632602883
Format:
1 online resource (257 p.)
ISBN:
0-429-24048-1
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1-134-07998-2
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1-281-78654-3
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9786611786540
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0-203-93069-X
Series Statement:
Middle Eastern military studies
Content:
This volume analyzes the conduct of the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) counter-insurgency operations during the two major Palestinian uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2005) in the Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It employs primary and secondary resources to produce a comprehensive analysis on whether or not the IDF has been able to adapt its conventional conduct of warfare to the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian low-intensity conflict and achieve any sort of victory over the Palestinian insurgents. Sergio Catignani provides new insights into how conventional armies strugg
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Combat motivation; 3 Political-military relations; 4 National security doctrine; 5 Land and the rise of the LIC struggle; 6 The Intifada; 7 The Al-Aqsa Intifada; 8 Strategic impasse; 9 Unilateral disengagement; 10 Conclusion; 11 Postscript: The Lebanon Summer War; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-57012-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-43388-6
Language:
English
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