The Israel defense forces in the second Lebanon war: Why the poor performance?

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-40

  Kober, Avi ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israeli military doctrine; Revolution in military affairs; Second lebanon war

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLICE FORCE; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38849147807     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: 1743937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390701785211     Document Type: Article

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