Israel's National Security Predicament

Routledge

Rodman, David

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, Ny : Routledge, 2024

Israel's National Security Predicament (Israeli History, Politics and Society)

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<div>Three outcomes are possible on the battlefield: victory, defeat, or draw. An adversary may defeat or be defeated by its adversary, or neither of the two may emerge victorious or vanquished. Observers of military history have long tried to identify the variables that determine victory, defeat, or draw. While most would certainly acknowledge that decisions on the battlefield are dictated by a combination of variables rather than by a lone circumstance, many observers nevertheless tend to stress a single variablefor example, the number of fighting men and fighting machines deployed by the adversaries, or the operational doctrines employed by the opposing forcesas far more significant to the explanations of these decisions than other variables. This book, in contrast, takes a multicausal approach to the question of victory, defeat, or draw, proposing that a combination of six organizational, matriel, and environmental variables are pivotal to the explanation of decision on the battlefield. Using the extensive history of the Israel Defense Forces, the book examines a sample of eight battles across the ArabIsraeli conflict from 1948 to 1982 in order to determine the collective impact of the six variables on the outcomes of these battles, concluding that this basket of variables captures much of the explanation behind victory, defeat, or draw on the battlefield, at least insofar as concerns the record of the IDF. While the research in this book is aimed primarily at military historians and military practitioners, it is fully accessible to any layperson interested in Israeli military history in particular or international military history in general. </div>

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Liverpool University Press

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Arts & Photography

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Israel's National Security Predicament

Israel's National Security Predicament (Israeli History, Politics and Society)

Israel's National Security Predicament (Israeli History, Politics and Society)

Victory, Defeat, or Draw: Battlefield Decision in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-1982

Defense and Diplomacy In Israel's National Security Experience: Tactics, Partnerships and Motives

Arms Transfers to Israel: The Strategic Logic Behind American Military Assistance

Sword & Shield of Zion: The Israel Air Force in the ArabIsraeli Conflict, 1948-2012

Sword & Shield of Zion: The Israel Air Force in the ArabIsraeli Conflict, 1948-2012

Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War: Diplomacy, Battle and Lessons

Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War: Diplomacy, Battle and Lessons