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Author Bligh, Alexander, 1949- author.

Title Israeli prisoner of war policies : from the 1949 armistice to the 2006 kidnappings / Alexander Bligh
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2017

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Contents The legal, intelligence, and policy sources of the Israeli policies -- The internationally agreed upon standards for recognizing POWs/MIAs and the Israeli working definitions -- The intelligence dimension of taking and losing POWs -- Early indications of an emerging policy : strategic defeats and tactical successes, 1949-1955 -- Israel and the Arab nation states : the emerging POW rules in light of the regional battlefields, 1955-1967 -- De facto policy in the shadow of a coming war, 1955-1956 -- Israel extends its own working interpretation of the term POW : prisoner issues in the wake of the 1956 conflict to late 1962 -- New regimes, old policies, and the connection between regime changes and the fate of Israeli agents in hostile hands, 1963-1967 -- The 1967 war : extending the Israeli definition of POWs -- Israel, the state actors and the sub-national players : new rules, parallel systems and the merging of the two, the fourth generation -- The 1967-1970 crucial interregnum : the challenging legacy of the war of attrition -- Black September, sub-national actors, and the early internationalization of the hostage/POW issue, 1970-1973 -- The 1973 war as a watershed line and the dramatic shift to defensive POW policies -- Fourth generation approaches taking over : POWs and hostages as a means for smaller powers to gain parity with Israel -- The Palestinian sub-state actors taking over : from POWs to hostages? The effect of fourth generation players on the making of POW policies, 1974-1985 -- Sub-national actors taking center stage in the pow context: 1986 to 2011
Summary Israeli Prisoner of War Policies: From the 1949 Armistice to the 2006 Kidnappings examines the development of Israel's policies toward prisoners of war across multiple conflicts. The book seeks to apply the lessons of Israel's complex POW policies to conflicts around the world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Prisoners of war -- Israel
LAW -- Military.
Prisoners of war
Israel
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016056123
ISBN 9780739194720
0739194720