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Praeger Security International, Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Language
English
Pages
284

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Subjects
Military History, Military policy, Peace, Lebanon War, 2006, Arab-Israeli conflict, Syria, military relations, Israel, armed forces, National security, israel, Israel, military relations
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Syria, Israel
Times
1993-

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Table of Contents

Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War
Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007
The prospects for war
Major trends in force strength
Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity
Looking at a snapshot of total forces
Comparative manpower quantity and quality
Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength
Comparative land force manpower
Armor and anti-tank weapons
Artillery weapons
Anti-aircraft weapons
Comparative air strength : quality over quantity
Comparative air force strength
Air force manpower
Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology
Comparative land-based air defense forces
Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions
Shifts in the role of seapower
Naval manpower
Naval ships, weapons, and technology
Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness
Comparative trends in military expenditures
Comparative trends in arms imports
Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran
The military forces of Israel
Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge"
Adapting to asymmetric wars
Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one
Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths
Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces
Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war
Israeli land forces
Israeli air forces
Israeli land-based air defenses
Israeli naval forces
Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces
Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses
The military forces of Syria
Syria's long proxy war with Israel
Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent
Syria's broader regional issues
The trends in Syrian forces
Syrian land forces
Syrian air and air defense forces
Syrian land-based air defenses
Syrian naval forces
Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces
Syrian weapons of mass destruction
War on the Golan Heights
The strategic geography of the Golan Heights
The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan
The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan
Israeli positions on the Golan
Syrian positions near the Golan
A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan
Israeli options against Syria
Continuing external asymmetric wars
Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not"
The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict?
The Iranian wild card.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284).

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Westport, Conn, Washington, D.C

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355/.03305694
Library of Congress
UA853.I8 C672 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 284 p. :
Number of pages
284

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Open Library
OL19287373M
Internet Archive
israelsyriamilit00cord
ISBN 10
0313355207
ISBN 13
9780313355202
LCCN
2008008889
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5082183

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May 19, 2020 Edited by CoverBot Added new cover
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October 21, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record