Israel, Strategic Culture and the Conflict with Hamas
Adaptation and Military Effectiveness
Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-78717-2 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-78717-2 (ISBN)
This book offers a comprehensive study of the conflict between Israel and Hamas between 1987 and 2014, and illuminates the way in which Israeli strategic culture shaped the process of military adaptation at the tactical, operational and strategic level.
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.
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.
Niccolò Petrelli is Adjunct Professor of Strategic Studies at Roma Tre University, Italy, and has a PhD in Political Science.
1. Introduction 2. The Israeli Strategic Culture 3. Unforeseen Threats: the Intifada, 1987-1992 4. The Revolution that Never was: Counterterrorism in the Oslo Years, 1993-1999 5. Erase and Rewind: the Alqsa Intifada, 2000-2005 6. The Never-ending War: Gaza 2007-2014 7. Conclusions
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.04.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cass Military Studies |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 294 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-78717-2 / 0367787172 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-78717-2 / 9780367787172 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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