The Israeli Army
By: Edward Luttwak and Dan Horowitz.
Contributors: Horowitz, Dan, joint author.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780060127237
Subjects: Israel -- Armed Forces
Description: Written between 1968 and 1973, begun in the aftermath of a great victory and completed at a time of renewed war, this book is an attempt to explain the phenomenon of the Israeli Army. Though loosely chronological, this book is neither a history of the Israeli Army nor a history of Israel's wars. Its central focus is on the men and ideas that have shaped Israeli defense since the beginning. - Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Origins; title: The army of independence; title: After the armistice : a new army; title: Decline and revival; title: The Sinai campaign : prelude and aftermath; title: From war to war : 1956-67; title: War : 1967; title: 1967 : an overview; title: Zahal in the seventies; title: The October War