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Zion's Dilemmas : How Israel Makes National Security Policy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801465741
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Zion's DilemmasDDC classification:
  • 355/.03355694
LOC classification:
  • UA853.I8
Online resources:
Contents:
Zion's Dilemmas -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Dramatis Personae -- Introduction -- Part I. The Setting -- 1. Constraints and Players: The External Environment, Proportional Representation System, and National Security Establishment -- Israel's National Security Environment -- The Proportional Representation System -- The National Security Establishment -- 2. The Decision-Making Process: How the System Actually Works -- Pathology 1: An Unplanned Pro cess -- Pathology 2: A Highly Politicized Pro cess -- Pathology 3: Semior ga nized Anarchy -- or, Is Anyone at the Helm? -- Pathology 4: An Uninstitutionalized Pro cess -- Pathology 5: Primacy of the Defense Establishment -- Something Must Be Good: Strengths of the Israeli System -- Part II. The Case Studies -- 3. Camp David I: Making Peace with Egypt, 1977-1979 -- 4. The Makings of a Young Lion: The Lavi Combat Aircraft, 1980-1987 -- 5. The Invasion of Lebanon, 1982 -- 6. Leaving Lebanon: The Unilateral Withdrawal, 2000 -- 7. Camp David II: The Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, 1999-2000 -- 8. Disengaging from Gaza, 2005 -- 9. Back Again: The Second Lebanon War, 2006 -- Part III. Final Thoughts -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Case Studies in Comparative Perspective -- Key Findings -- Past Attempts at Reform -- Failings Tolerable No Longer -- Future Reforms -- Appendix 1: The INSC Law, 2008 -- Appendix 2: Recommendations of the Winograd Commissionand the Shahak Committee -- List of Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book details the history and, in many cases, the chronic inadequacies in the making of Israeli national security policy, as well as its strengths: rapid and flexible responses, generally pragmatic decision-making, and effective planning.
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Zion's Dilemmas -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Dramatis Personae -- Introduction -- Part I. The Setting -- 1. Constraints and Players: The External Environment, Proportional Representation System, and National Security Establishment -- Israel's National Security Environment -- The Proportional Representation System -- The National Security Establishment -- 2. The Decision-Making Process: How the System Actually Works -- Pathology 1: An Unplanned Pro cess -- Pathology 2: A Highly Politicized Pro cess -- Pathology 3: Semior ga nized Anarchy -- or, Is Anyone at the Helm? -- Pathology 4: An Uninstitutionalized Pro cess -- Pathology 5: Primacy of the Defense Establishment -- Something Must Be Good: Strengths of the Israeli System -- Part II. The Case Studies -- 3. Camp David I: Making Peace with Egypt, 1977-1979 -- 4. The Makings of a Young Lion: The Lavi Combat Aircraft, 1980-1987 -- 5. The Invasion of Lebanon, 1982 -- 6. Leaving Lebanon: The Unilateral Withdrawal, 2000 -- 7. Camp David II: The Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, 1999-2000 -- 8. Disengaging from Gaza, 2005 -- 9. Back Again: The Second Lebanon War, 2006 -- Part III. Final Thoughts -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- The Case Studies in Comparative Perspective -- Key Findings -- Past Attempts at Reform -- Failings Tolerable No Longer -- Future Reforms -- Appendix 1: The INSC Law, 2008 -- Appendix 2: Recommendations of the Winograd Commissionand the Shahak Committee -- List of Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book details the history and, in many cases, the chronic inadequacies in the making of Israeli national security policy, as well as its strengths: rapid and flexible responses, generally pragmatic decision-making, and effective planning.

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