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1 online resource (415 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- The Changing Importance of Third World Conflicts -- The Conflicts Under Study -- Categorizing the Lessons of Recent Conflicts -- The Broader Lessons of War -- Notes -- 2 THE LESSONS OF THE 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT: THE OCTOBER WAR -- The Combatants -- The Lessons and Mistakes of 1967-1973 -- The History of the Conflict -- Terrain and Defenses -- Threat Assessment Technologies -- Effective and Secure C3I -- Combined Arms -- Infantry |
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Tanks and Armored Vehicles -- Precision-Guided and Specialized Munitions -- Tube Artillery -- Surface-to-Surface Rockets and Missiles -- Mines and Barriers -- All-Weather and Night Target Acquisition Systems -- Anti-Aircraft Artillery -- Surface-to-Air Missiles -- Air Suppression of Ground- or Sea-Based Air Defenses -- Air-to-Air Combat -- Close Air Support -- Interdiction and Long-Range Air Attack -- Air-to-Surface Missiles -- Air Reconnaissance, C3I, IFF, and AC & W -- Helicopters -- Combined Operations -- Logistics and Support -- Naval Systems -- Chemical/Biological Weapons and Defensive Systems |
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Nuclear Weapons -- Changes in the Force Structure During 1973-1982: The Practical Lessons of the 1973 Fighting -- Notes -- 3 THE 1982 WAR IN LEBANON -- The Combatants -- The Terrain -- The History of the Conflict -- Casualties and Losses -- Threat Assessment Technologies -- Effective and Secure C3I -- Combined Arms -- Infantry -- Tanks and Armored Vehicles -- Precision-Guided and Specialized Munitions -- Tube Artillery and Multiple Rocket Launchers -- Surface-to-Surface Rockets and Missiles -- Mines and Barriers -- All-Weather and Night Target Acquisition Systems -- Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
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Surface-to-Air Missiles -- Air-to-Air Combat -- Close Air Support -- Interdiction and Long-Range Attack -- Air Reconnaissance, C3I, IFF, and AC & W -- Helicopters -- Combined Operations -- Logistics and Support -- Naval Systems -- Chemical/Biological and Nuclear Weapons and Defense Systems -- The Lessons the USSR Drew from the Fighting -- Notes -- 4 FORCE SHIFTS AND CONTINUING STRUGGLE: 1982-1989 -- The Impact of the 1982 Fighting on the Continuing Arab-Israeli Struggle -- Israeli Force Developments Since 1982 -- Syrian Force Developments Since 1982 -- The Slow Rebirth of Palestinian Capabilities |
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Lebanese Force Developments Since 1982 -- Jordanian Force Developments Since 1982 -- Egyptian Force Developments Since 1982 -- Looking Toward Peace or the Next War? -- Notes -- 5 CONCLUSIONS -- The Special Conditions of the Arab-Israeli Conflicts -- The Problem of Grand Strategy -- The Importance of Training, Maneuver, and Innovation -- The Need for the Proper Balance of Arms -- Technology Transfer -- The Cost of Technology and Force Modernization -- The Trend Toward Acquiring Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Sources and Methods -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This volume, the first in a series of three, covers the lessons of the 1973-1989 Arab-Israeli arms race and of the conflicts of 1973 and 1982. It draws on interviews with Arab and Israeli sources and reveals that if truth is the first casualty of war, then history is the first casualty of peace |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1973-1993.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Arab-Israeli conflict
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wagner, Abraham
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| ISBN |
9781000231069 |
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1000231062 |
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9781000302943 |
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1000302946 |
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9781000267006 |
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1000267008 |
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9780429312267 |
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0429312261 |
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