| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Contents |
An Army under Fire -- Sources of Innovation I: Scarcity -- Sources of Innovation II: A Youthful Officers Corps -- Innovation from Below -- A Reserve Army of Innovators -- A Different Military-Industrial Complex -- High-Speed Development: From Missile Boats to Iron Dome -- Women in the IDF -- Military Doctrine and Innovation -- Innovation in the Air I: From Triumph in 1967 to Failure in 1973 -- Innovation in the Air II: Developing a Remedy -- Elite Units: The Mass Production of Military Excellence -- Military Entrepreneurs and Special Forces -- The Armor Corps: Discipline and Technological Improvisation -- Why the Merkava Is Different -- Units 8200 and 81 |
| Summary |
"Why is Israel's relatively small and low-budget military also the world's most innovative, technologically and logistically? Edward Luttwak and Eitan Shamir look to the IDF's unique structure: integrating army, air force, and navy in one service, under an officer class constantly refreshed by short tenures, the IDF is built for agility and change"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Arik Sharon |
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Artzav 19 |
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Aviam Sela |
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Avrham Arnan |
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Ghost |
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Matkal |
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Merkava tank |
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Moshe Dayan |
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Namer APC |
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Operation Moked |
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Reactive Armor |
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Subterranean Warfare |
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Tal |
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Talpiot program |
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Unit 8200 |
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entrepreneurs |
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multirole fighter jet |
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reserve army |
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women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
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| SUBJECT |
Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel fast (OCoLC)fst00540760 |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- Israel
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Military art and science -- Israel -- Automation
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Technological innovations -- Israel
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HISTORY / Military / General
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Military art and science
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Military art and science -- Automation
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Technological innovations
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Israel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shamir, Eitan, 1964- author.
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| ISBN |
9780674295148 |
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0674295145 |
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0674295137 |
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9780674295131 |
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