Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Combat motivation; 3 Political-military relations; 4 National security doctrine; 5 Land and the rise of the LIC struggle; 6 The Intifada; 7 The Al-Aqsa Intifada; 8 Strategic impasse; 9 Unilateral disengagement; 10 Conclusion; 11 Postscript: The Lebanon Summer War; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This volume analyzes the conduct of the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) counter-insurgency operations during the two major Palestinian uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2005) in the Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It employs primary and secondary resources to produce a comprehensive analysis on whether or not the IDF has been able to adapt its conventional conduct of warfare to the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian low-intensity conflict and achieve any sort of victory over the Palestinian insurgents. Sergio Catignani provides new insights into how conventional armies strugg
