Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war /

Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war /

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Main Author: Cordesman, Anthony H.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Nerguizian, Aram, Popescu, Ionut C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Washington, D.C. : Praeger Security International ; Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2008.
Subjects:
Lebanon War, 2006.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1993- > Peace.
Israel > History, Military.
Israel > Military policy.
Syria > History, Military.
Syria > Military policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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