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Israeli counter-insurgency and the Intifadas : dilemmas of a conventional army

Title: Israeli counter-insurgency and the Intifadas : dilemmas of a conventional army / Sergio Catignani.
Author: Catignani, Sergio.
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Description

246 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book analyses the conduct of the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) counter-insurgency operations during the two major Palestinian uprisings (1987-93 and 2000-5) in the territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip." "Divided into two parts, the book explores, first, the function and historical background of the IDF, and, second, how the IDF has coped with and adapted to the two Intifadas. Drawing on a variety of sources, it analyses the degree of success experienced by the IDF in adapting its conventional conduct of warfare to the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian low-intensity conflict. By examining the way in which the IDF and the Israeli security doctrine were formed and developed over time, the book also explores how far Israeli strategic assumptions, civil-military relations, the organisational culture, command and control structure, and conduct of the IDF have affected its adaptation to the contemporary Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It also provides new insights into how conventional armies struggle with contemporary insurgency." "This book will be of much interest to students of low-intensity conflict and counter-insurgency, the Israeli army, the Middle Eastern conflict and strategic studies in general."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Middle Eastern military studies

Uniform Title

Middle eastern military studies

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-240) and index..

Contents

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.

ISBN

9780415433884
0415433886
9780203930694
020393069X
9780415570121
0415570123

LCCN

2007034953

OCLC

ocn166383065
166383065
SCSB-14410296

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library