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ID139027
Title ProperWhy can’t Israel win wars any more?
LanguageENG
AuthorFreilich , Charles D
Summary / Abstract (Note)National security has defined the Israeli experience for nearly seven decades. Yet, in the face of threats ranging from low-level terrorism to existential nuclear dangers, Israel has never adopted a formal national-security strategy. Founding prime minister David Ben-Gurion was the only sitting leader to develop one, and though it was never formally enshrined, the ‘Ben-Gurion doctrine’ remains Israel’s closest equivalent to a national-security strategy to this day. The defence components of that doctrine were based on three fundamental pillars, commonly known as the ‘three Ds’: deterrence of possible threats; detection, meaning early warning of impending attacks in the event that deterrence failed; and decision, meaning decisive military defeat of the enemy. In recent years, a fourth pillar has been added – defence – though it remains controversial, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have yet to fully adapt to its implications.
`In' analytical NoteSurvival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 57, No.2; Apr/May 2015: p.79–92
Journal SourceSurviva Vol: 57 No 2
Key WordsIsrael ;  Military Strategy ;  Hamas ;  Arab Countries ;  Hizbullah ;  Asymmetric Threats ;  Israeli Defense Forces ;  National Security – Israel ;  Strategic Pillar ;  Military Decision ;  Strategic Circumstances ;  Diplomatic Freedom ;  Indefatigable Opponents ;  Indecisive Wars ;  Israel’s Conventional Wars ;  Lebanon and Gaza ;  Uncooperative Targets


 
 
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