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1. Israel and Hizbollah

   An Asymmetric Conflict in Historical and Comparative Perspective

   Edited by Clive Jones, Sergio Catignani

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   This book examines the local and international dynamics and strategies that have come to define the often violent relationship between Israel and Lebanon. Since the end of the Cold War, academic debate over the nature of war in the contemporary world has focused upon the asymmetric nature of...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Palestinian Military

   Between Militias and Armies

   By Hillel Frisch

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   This book analyzes Palestinian attempts to create an organized military force from the period of the Mandate up to the present day. Beginning with a comparative overview of the relationship between insurgent movements and the quest to build up a standard military, the book looks, first, at how the...

   Published September 29th 2010 by Routledge
3. Conflict and Insurgency in the Contemporary Middle East

   Edited by Barry Rubin

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   Political violence and instability in the Middle East is arguably the world's most important political issue. The region is certainly the globe's leading area for turmoil, war, and violence; and its conflicts have continuously involved Western countries both directly and indirectly. This book...

   Published February 27th 2010 by Routledge
4. Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas

   Dilemmas of a Conventional Army

   By Sergio Catignani

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   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...

   Published November 26th 2009 by Routledge
5. Israel and its Army

   From Cohesion to Confusion

   By Stuart A. Cohen

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   The Israel Defense Force (IDF) plays a key role in Israeli society, and has traditionally been perceived not only as the guardian of national survival, but also as a 'people's army' responsible for the custody of national values. This volume analyses the circumstances currently undermining these...

   Published November 19th 2009 by Routledge
6. Israel's Wars of Attrition

   Attrition Challenges to Democratic States

   By Avi Kober

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   This book analyzes the way Israel has coped with nine wars of attrition from the 1950s to the recent Second Lebanon War (2006), questioning the belief that Western democracy cannot sustain prolonged wars of attrition. Challenging Israel with attrition has been compatible with the 'Arab way of war',...

   Published August 2nd 2009 by Routledge
7. The Israeli Military and the Origins of the 1967 War

   Government, Armed Forces and Defence Policy 1963–67

   By Ami Gluska

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   This new book looks at the relationship between the Israeli armed forces, the government, and the origins of the 1967 War. Ami Gluska discusses the effect of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Israel’s defense policy between 1963-1967 against the backdrop of the developments in the...

   Published January 29th 2009 by Routledge
8. Iraq's Armed Forces

   An Analytical History

   By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Sammy Salama

   Series: Middle Eastern Military Studies

   This book provides the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Iraqi military from the British mandate era to post-Baathist Iraq. Ethnic and sectarian turmoil is endemic to Iraq, and its armed forces have been intertwined with its political affairs since their creation. This study...

   Published April 2nd 2008 by Routledge