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Israel, Strategic Culture and the Conflict with Hamas Adaptation and Military Effectiveness

By Niccolò Petrelli Copyright 2018
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of ‘strategic culture’ on Israeli military operations against Hamas between 1987 and 2014. It has often been argued that Israeli policies and military operations against Hamas have proven tactically effective, but strategically disastrous, allowing the Islamic Resistance Movement to grow from a small spin-off of the Muslim... Read more

1. Introduction 2. The Israeli Strategic Culture 3. Unforeseen Threats: the Intifada, 1987-1992 4. The Revolution that Never was: Counterterrorism in the Oslo Years, 1993-1999 5. Erase and Rewind: the Alqsa Intifada, 2000-2005 6. The Never-ending War: Gaza 2007-2014 7. Conclusions

Biography

Niccolò Petrelli is Adjunct Professor of Strategic Studies at Roma Tre University, Italy, and has a PhD in Political Science.