From Ice-Breaker to Missile Boat
Subtitle: The Evolution of Israel's Naval Strategy (Contributions in Military Studies)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: June 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780313313608
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Defence strategy, planning & research; Naval forces & warfare; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Israel - History; Naval Operations; History - Military / War; Military; Israel; Middle East - Israel; Military - Naval; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; History / Military / General; 20th century; Hel-ha-yam; History; History, Naval; Israel.; Naval strategy; òHel-ha-yam
First sentence: While the strategic situation of Arabs and Israelis in 1948 bore no similarities to that of the great maritime empires whose rise to eminence Mahan had tried to explain, the need to safeguard Israel's sea trade might have been expected to figure highly on the her navy's missions list.