Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war /
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Westport, Conn. : Washington, D.C. :
Praeger Security International ; Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies,
2008.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Israel and Syria |h [electronic resource] : |b the military balance and prospects of war / |c Anthony H. Cordesman ; with the assistance of Aram Nerguizian and Ionut C. Popescu. |
| 260 | |a Westport, Conn. : |b Praeger Security International ; |a Washington, D.C. : |b Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, |c 2008. | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 284 p. : |b ill., maps. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284). | ||
| 505 | 2 | |a Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? -- The Iranian wild card. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b Palo Alto, Calif. : |c ebrary, |d 2013. |n Available via World Wide Web. |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Lebanon War, 2006. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Arab-Israeli conflict |y 1993- |x Peace. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Israel |x History, Military. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Israel |x Military policy. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Syria |x History, Military. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Syria |x Military policy. | |
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| 700 | 1 | |a Nerguizian, Aram. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Popescu, Ionut C. | |
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