Israel and Syria
Subtitle: the military balance and prospects of war
By: Anthony H. Cordesman ; with the assistance of Aram Nerguizian and Ionut C. Popescu.
Contributors: Nerguizian, Aram.; Popescu, Ionut C.
Publisher: Praeger Security International; Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780313355202
Subjects: Lebanon War, 2006.; Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace.; Israel -- History, Military.; Israel -- Military policy.; Syria -- History, Military.; Syria -- Military policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284).
Table of contents: title: Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War; title: Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007; title: The prospects for war; title: Major trends in force strength; title: Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity; title: Looking at a snapshot of total forces; title: Comparative manpower quantity and quality; title: Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength; title: Comparative land force manpower; title: Armor and anti-tank weapons; title: Artillery weapons; title: Anti-aircraft weapons; title: Comparative air strength : quality over quantity; title: Comparative air force strength; title: Air force manpower; title: Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology; title: Comparative land-based air defense forces; title: Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions; title: Shifts in the role of seapower; title: Naval manpower; title: Naval ships, weapons, and technology; title: Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness; title: Comparative trends in military expenditures; title: Comparative trends in arms imports; title: Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran; title: The military forces of Israel; title: Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge"; title: Adapting to asymmetric wars; title: Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one; title: Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths; title: Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces; title: Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war; title: Israeli land forces; title: Israeli air forces; title: Israeli land-based air defenses; title: Israeli naval forces; title: Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces; title: Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses; title: The military forces of Syria; title: Syria's long proxy war with Israel; title: Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent; title: Syria's broader regional issues; title: The trends in Syrian forces; title: Syrian land forces; title: Syrian air and air defense forces; title: Syrian land-based air defenses; title: Syrian naval forces; title: Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces; title: Syrian weapons of mass destruction; title: War on the Golan Heights; title: The strategic geography of the Golan Heights; title: The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan; title: The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan; title: Israeli positions on the Golan; title: Syrian positions near the Golan; title: A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan; title: Israeli options against Syria; title: Continuing external asymmetric wars; title: Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not"; title: The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; title: Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict?; title: The Iranian wild card.