Abstract
The Second Lebanon War, as the Israeli Parliament decided in March 2007 to officially name the 12 July-14 August 2006 conflict between Hizbollah and Israel, has attracted an impressive body of academic literature. Among the aspects of the war that have been explored so far are the following: causes of the failures of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), 1 operational aspects, 2 Hizbollah’s method of making war, 3 its short-range rocket arsenal as a new type of challenge for the Israeli Air Force (IAF), 4 Israel’s intelligence during the war, 5 the war as a test of Israel’s deterrence capability, 6 and the implications of this conflict for US military strategy.7 In addition, a number of Israeli students used the war in order to shed light on the way democracies fight an asymmetric conflict, 8 the way a civil society functions during a military conflict, 9 and civil-military relations in Israel.10.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Israel and Hizbollah |
Subtitle of host publication | An asymmetric conflict in historical and comparative perspective |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 147-162 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781135229207 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780415449106 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2010 Selection and editorial matter, Clive Jones and Sergio Catignani.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences