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Defence and Diplomacy in Israel’s National Security Experience
Tactics, Partnerships, and Motives
| David Rodman |
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| David Rodman has
written numerous articles, review essays, and book reviews
on various aspects of the Arab-Israeli
conflict for professional journals, including Middle
Eastern Studies, The Journal of Strategic Studies, MERIA
Journal, Israel Affairs, Defence Studies, and Air & Space
Power Chronicles. He has also contributed chapters to
From War to Peace?, Review Essays in Israel
Studies: Books on Israel, Vol 5, and Between War and Peace: Dilemmas
of Israeli Security. |
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“In a short, insightful book about Israel’s strategic
thinking, Rodman proves a clear overview of Israel’s national
security… [The author] reviews the appropriate paradigm for
the analysis of Israel’s external strategy, and Israel’s
rare attempts to adopt far-reaching goals such as targeting hostile
governments.” Middle East Quarterly
“As Israel and Hezbollah disengage in Lebanon and the international
community grudgingly attempts to enforce a cease-fire, the Israeli
political
and military elites will, no doubt, embark on some significant introspection.
Not least, they will wonder why they ostensibly failed to neutralize
the threat posed by Hezbollah, even with the support of both the
US and the UK. Written in 2005, Rodman’s book elucidates upon
a number
of issues pertaining to asymmetrical warfare and general threats
from nonstate actors, an especially relevant subject within the context
of the recent violence in Lebanon. In particular, the author states
that, should Israel find itself fighting in another regional war,
it would be likely to attack its enemies’ targets with air,
sea and land-based ordnance before engaging in ‘
offensive manoeuvre warfare’ (p. 14)…Well-written and
well-researched.” Israel Affairs
“This book of essays examines a wide range of topics from the role of the
Air Force in Israel’s National Security strategy, to Israel’s bilateral
relationship with Turkey and the US, to Israel’s arms export policy and
the factors motivating its foreign policy. However, these, and a number of other
issues, are all linked together by their centrality to Israel’s
complex, and at times contradictory, national security requirements. Given the
challenges facing the Jewish state this work is very timely, all the more so
because the author brings a deep knowledge to the subject. All in all a highly
informative work that makes an important contribution to the literature on Israeli
strategy and involvement in the international arena.” Efraim Karsh,
Head Mediterranean Studies Programme, King’s College, University of London
“David Rodman has written a much-needed update and reconsideration of Israel’s national security strategy and practices. Comprehensive and original, this book is useful reading on an important and controversial subject.” Barry Rubin
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Examines Israel’s national security experience since its establishment in 1948 |
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Provides an inclusive yet concise examination of Israel’s national security policy |
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Surveys the central concepts behind the state’s national security doctrine |
This work defines the central concepts of Israel’s national security doctrine as deterrence, geography, manpower, quantity versus quality, offensive maneuver warfare, conventional versus unconventional threats, self-reliance, great power patronage, and peripheral partnerships.
The author describes and explains how these concepts have influenced the war fighting experience of the Israel Defense Forces, including the air force and the navy. Special attention is paid to Israel’s relationships with the United States, Turkey, and India as they relate to the Jewish state’s national security, and in particular offers a new interpretation of what really drives these relationships; the motives behind Israeli foreign policy and Israeli arms export policy; and whether Israel’s national security doctrine ought to include a capability to threaten the existence of hostile Arab (and Islamic) governments.
Sections of this book have been used to teach a class on strategic studies at the National Defense University in Washington, DC.
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Publication Details
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9781845190736 h/b |
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172 pp. / 229 x 152 mm |
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£37.50 / $52.50 |
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