Format:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780801465741
Series Statement:
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Ser
Content:
This book details the history and, in many cases, the chronic inadequacies in the making of Israeli national security policy, as well as its strengths: rapid and flexible responses, generally pragmatic decision-making, and effective planning.
Content:
Zion's Dilemmas -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Dramatis Personae -- Introduction -- Part I. The Setting -- 1. Constraints and Players: The External Environment, Proportional Representation System, and National Security Establishment -- Israel's National Security Environment -- The Proportional Representation System -- The National Security Establishment -- 2. The Decision-Making Process: How the System Actually Works -- Pathology 1: An Unplanned Pro cess -- Pathology 2: A Highly Politicized Pro cess -- Pathology 3: Semior ga nized Anarchy -- or, Is Anyone at the Helm? -- Pathology 4: An Uninstitutionalized Pro cess -- Pathology 5: Primacy of the Defense Establishment -- Something Must Be Good: Strengths of the Israeli System -- Part II. The Case Studies -- 3. Camp David I: Making Peace with Egypt, 1977-1979 -- 4. The Makings of a Young Lion: The Lavi Combat Aircraft, 1980-1987 -- 5. The Invasion of Lebanon, 1982 -- 6. Leaving Lebanon: The Unilateral Withdrawal, 2000 -- 7. Camp David II: The Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, 1999-2000 -- 8. Disengaging from Gaza, 2005 -- 9. Back Again: The Second Lebanon War, 2006 -- Part III. Final Thoughts -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Case Studies in Comparative Perspective -- Key Findings -- Past Attempts at Reform -- Failings Tolerable No Longer -- Future Reforms -- Appendix 1: The INSC Law, 2008 -- Appendix 2: Recommendations of the Winograd Commissionand the Shahak Committee -- List of Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801451041
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780801451041
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3138380
