Table of Contents

Part 1: The Aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War 1. Israeli Strategic Thinking after 1973 2. The American Arms Transfer to Israel Part 2: Limited Wars 3. Israel's Small War: The Military Response to the Intifada 4. The 'No Choice War' Debate in Israel Part 3: The Post-Cold War Period 5. Israel and the Gulf War 6. Contours of Israel's New Strategic Thinking 7. Israel's Strategic Environment in the 1990's Part 4: The Peace Process 8. Israeli Negotiations with Syria 9. Islamic Extremism and the Peace Process 10. Arab-Israeli Coexistence: Causes, Achievements and Limitations Part 5: The New Strategic Partners 11. Israel's New Strategic Partner – Turkey 12. The Indian-Israeli Entente Part 6: The Twenty-First Century Challenges 13. Israel's Palestinian Challenge 14. The Need to Block a Nuclear Iran 15. Israel's Strategic Mistakes in the 2006 Lebanon War