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The Israeli secret services and the struggle against terrorism / Ami Pedahzur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pedahzur, Ami.
- Series:
- Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
- Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Israel--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Intelligence service--Israel.
- Intelligence service.
- Secret service--Israel.
- Secret service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While Mossad is known as one of the world's most successful terrorist-fighting organizations, the state of Israel has, more than once and on many levels, risked the lives of its agents and soldiers through unwise intelligence-based intervention. The elimination of Palestinian leaders and militants has not decreased the incidence of Palestinian terrorism, for example. In fact, these incidents have become more lethal than ever, and ample evidence suggests that the actions of Israeli intelligence have fueled terrorist activities across the globe.An expert on terror and political ex
- Contents:
- The emergence of Israel's counterterrorism doctrine
- The path to the defensive model and back
- Rescuing hostages
- The Lebanese puzzle
- New challenges from the West Bank and Gaza
- The global challenge of Iran and Hezbollah
- New rivals, old responses
- A war against an elusive enemy
- The second Lebanon war and beyond
- Fighting the terrorism plague.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612796340
- 9781282796348
- 1282796348
- 9780231511612
- 0231511612
- OCLC:
- 826476684
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