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Author Petrelli, Niccolò, author

Title Israel, Strategic Culture and the Conflict with Hamas : Adaptation and Military Effectiveness / Niccolò Petrelli
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Cass Military Studies
Contents Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Analytical puzzles and gaps of knowledge -- Conceptual framework -- Research objectives -- Methodology and plan of the book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The Israeli strategic culture -- Perceiving the context: the foundational elements -- Survival under threat -- Ethno-religious insularity and isolation -- Eyn breira -- Security standpoints -- The concept of â#x80;#x9C;national securityâ#x80;#x9D
Two schools of thoughtStrategic practices -- Deterrence and negative political aims -- Offense and pre-emption -- Techno-centrism -- Scarce proclivity to intellectualism -- Improvisation and aversion to strategic planning -- Civilâ#x80;#x93;military â#x80;#x9C;organizational symbiosisâ#x80;#x9D; -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Unforeseen threats: The Intifada, 1987â#x80;#x93;1992 -- Israel and the rise of Islamism in the West Bank and Gaza -- The outbreak of the intifada -- The first phase: coercion -- The second phase: pressure and counter-terrorism
The third phase: â#x80;#x9C;hearts and mindsâ#x80;#x9D;?Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: The revolution that never was: Counter-terrorism in the Oslo years, 1993â#x80;#x93;1999 -- Counter-terrorism and state-building: the Rabin and Peres government, 1993â#x80;#x93;1996 -- Political pressure and counter-terrorism: Netanyahuâ#x80;#x99;s government, 1996â#x80;#x93;1999 -- Re-conceptualizing the threat: the craft of the IDF low-intensity conflict doctrine -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Erase and rewind: The al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000â#x80;#x93;2005 -- The warning signs
The outbreak of the al-Aqsa IntifadaThe first phase: containment -- The second phase: leverage -- The third phase: systematic dismantlement of the terrorist infrastructure -- The fourth phase: regularization and operational stabilization -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: The never-ending war: Gaza 2007â#x80;#x93;2014 -- Conceptual innovations, 2006â#x80;#x93;2008 -- Operation Cast Lead -- Operation Pillar of Defense -- Operation Protective Edge -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Conclusions: Culture, adaptation and military effectiveness
Summary "This book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of 'strategic culture' on Israeli military operations against Hamas between 1987 and 2014. It has often been argued that Israeli policies and military operations against Hamas have proven tactically effective, but strategically disastrous, allowing the Islamic Resistance Movement to grow from a small spin-off of the Muslim Brotherhood into a powerful military and political actor in the Palestinian arena. This book argues, contrary to this opinion, that Israel was effective in its struggle against the Islamic Resistance Movement between 1987 and 2014, as the Jewish state ultimately managed to deny the majority of Hamas' strategic aims and to preserve a position of relative strength. By relying on a synthesis of primary sources, interviews, memoirs, scholarly and professional military studies and information gathered from the media, the study delivers a careful and comprehensive analysis of the conflict. It provides an historical outline of the development of the Israeli 'strategic culture' and analyzes its impact on the process of military adaptation during the First Intifada, the Oslo Peace Process, the al-Aqsa Intifada and the Gaza wars. Finally, the book illuminates how the Israeli strategic culture moulded a distinctive 'way of war' that, though marked by successes and failures, ultimately proved effective against Hamas. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, Middle Eastern politics, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and security studies in general."--Provided by publisher
Subject Arab-Israeli conflict
National security -- Israel
Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
National security.
Palestinian Arabs -- Politics and government.
Israel.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315177090
1315177099