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The Sword And The Olive : a Critical History Of The Israeli Defense Force. by Van Creveld, Martin

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Politics and Education in Israel : Comparisons with the United States. by Swirski, Shlomo

Table of Contents: “…; Three Communities on the Periphery of European Capitalism; The Encounter of 1948 and the Israeli State; Israelization: The Schools and the Israeli Defense Forces; Economic Development and Class Formation; The Labor Market and the Rise of a Three-Tracked Welfare State; From Separate Schools to Hierarchical Tracks: The Israeli School System, 1948 1968; Israel Becomes a Regional Military-Industrial Power; The Rise of an Educational New Right.…”
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The Israeli-Palestinian war : escalating to nowhere by Cordesman, Anthony H.

Table of Contents: “…-- From peace to war: terrorism for settlements -- The final settlement issues: asymmetric values & asymmetric warfare -- The collapse of the peace process -- The actors in the conflict: the Israeli Defense Forces -- The actors in the conflict: the Palestinian factions aligned with the Palestinian Authority -- The actors in the conflict: the Palestinian factions that challenge peace and the Palestinian Authority -- The outside actors that have shaped the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- A failed peace becomes an open war -- Casualty trends and the costs of the war -- Israeli strategy and tactics: isolation, containment, and the selective use of conventional military power -- The Palestinian response: the battle for public opinion and the challenge of reforming the Palestinian Authority -- The course of the conflict in Gaza -- The course of the conflict in the West Bank and Greater Jerusalem -- Conflict in Israel proper -- The continuing hope for peace: the Quartet and the "road map."…”
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Private military and security contractors : controlling the corporate warrior

Table of Contents: “…: South African regulation of PMSCs / Shannon Bosch, Marelie Maritz, and Matthew Kimble -- Privatizing the Israeli defense forces : retracing the public's private divide / Guy I. …”
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Scouts out! : the development of reconnaissance units in modern armies / Development of reconnaissance units in modern armies by McGrath, John J., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 4 -- Reconnaissance Units and Operations, 1945-2005Introduction; Reconnaissance and the Israeli Defense Force; Reconnaissance Unit Organization to 1973; The IDF 1973 Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and Company; Since 1973; The Soviet Experience; Organizational Structure; Operational Employment; Summary; Reconnaissance Units in European Armies; The British Army; The French Army; The German Army; Operational Reconnaissance Units; The American Experience, 1945-2005; Post-war to Vietnam, 1945-63; The Armored Division, 1945-63; The Pentomic Division; Battalion-Level Reconnaissance Units.…”
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Air operations in Israel's war against Hezbollah : learning from Lebanon and getting it right in Gaza / Israel's war against Hezbollah by Lambeth, Benjamin S.

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Israel's long war with Hezbollah : military innovation and adaptation under fire by Marcus, Raphael D.

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