Israel and Syria : the military balance and prospects of war / Anthony H. Cordesman ; with the assistance of Aram Nerguizian and Ionut C. Popescu.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Cordesman, Anthony H.

Contributor:

• Nerguizian, Aram.
• Popescu, Ionut C.
• Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Military policy.
• History, Military.
• Israel--History, Military.
• Israel.
• Israel--Military policy.
• Syria--History, Military.
• Syria--Military policy.
• Lebanon War, 2006.
• Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.
• Arab-Israeli conflict.
• Peace.
• Syria.

Physical Description:

xiii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International ; Washington, D.C. : Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2008.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-284).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

• 9780313355202
• 0313355207

OCLC:

192081656

Online:

The Class of 1924 Book Fund Home Page