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001 2008008889
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008 080227s2008 ctuab b 000 0 eng
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050 00 $aUA853.I8$bC672 2008
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100 1 $aCordesman, Anthony H.
245 10 $aIsrael and Syria :$bthe military balance and prospects of war /$cAnthony H. Cordesman ; with the assistance of Aram Nerguizian and Ionut C. Popescu.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bPraeger Security International ;$aWashington, D.C. :$bPublished in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies,$c2008.
300 $axiii, 284 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284).
505 2 $aProspects 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.
651 0 $aIsrael$xHistory, Military.
651 0 $aIsrael$xMilitary policy.
651 0 $aSyria$xHistory, Military.
651 0 $aSyria$xMilitary policy.
650 0 $aLebanon War, 2006.
650 0 $aArab-Israeli conflict$y1993-$xPeace.
700 1 $aNerguizian, Aram.
700 1 $aPopescu, Ionut C.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008008889.html