National Security: The Israeli Experience

by Israel Tal

Overview

Examines to what degree national security theories have proven valid and suggests an updated security doctrine for Israel.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313001635
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/30/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	385 KB

About the Author

ISRAEL TAL is the Assistant Minister of Defense for Israel./e In February 1942, he joined the British Eighth Army, Jewish Brigade, to serve in the Western Desert on the Italian Front. He served as the Commanding General, Armored Corps Command during the 1967 war and as the Vice Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Table of Contents

Preface
National Security and International Security
Background
Components of National Security
Responsibility for National Security
The Pursuit of World Peace and International Security
National Security Doctrine
The Principles of War and the Art of War
Israel: National Goals, Security Doctrine, and Policy
The Aims of War
Strategy of Deterrence
The Structure and Implementation of Force
Early Warning
Organization
The Ministry of Defense and the Military
Security Doctrine and the Test of Time
Myths and Lessons
The War of Independence, 1948
Military Activity over the Years
The Sinai Campaign, 1956
The Water Battles, 1953-1966
The Six Day War, 1967
The War of Attrition, 1967-1970
The Road to the Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, 1973
Subsequent Wars
National Security Doctrine in the Test of Time
National Security in the Future
Bibliography
Index